Introduction

This is a project to visualize the progression of the Covid-19 virus from the declaration of the first cases to evolving into a worldwide pandemic.

[1] "The table above shows the cumulative confirmed cases of COVID-19 worldwide by date. Just reading numbers in a table makes it hard to get a sense of the scale and growth of the outbreak. Let's draw a line plot to visualize the confirmed cases worldwide."

I then plot the progression of the virus in China versus the rest of the world, where it is said to have originated from.

I then proceeded to identify 3 important dates; 1)The day a global emergency was declared - Jan30. 2)The day China changed their reporting avenues to be more transparent - Feb13. 3)The day a global pandemic was declared - March11.

I collated the occurence totals for 7 most infected countries after China as well as their dally tallys for the timeframe.

I have plotted the progression of the 7 countries for graphical context.

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