These dot plots over time show that the new_cases_per_million have increased all over the world. A trend line was added to the dot plot. These trends are shown in one graph to facilitate comparison.

These trend lines of new_cases over time also show an increase in new cases over the past 9 months, all over the world. These trends are shown in one graph to facilitate comparison by continent.

Note: In order to log the y scale for new_cases the variable was increased by one to avoid taking the log of zero (which is infinity.)

This COVID-19 (coronavirus) data was obtained from “Our World in Data” in January 2021.) The COVID-19 dataset is updated daily and includes data on confirmed cases, deaths, and testing, as well as other variables of potential interest. Data source: https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus