How to read the Covid-19 numbers
7 min readApr 3, 2020
In the news today: the world passed 1 million cases of Coronavirus.
It’s a great headline, but what does it actually mean?
The number represents the ‘recorded cases.’ A recorded case is someone who tested positive for the virus. So it is someone who was ill, was tested, and tested positive. Anyone who was ill, or was infected but…
