The importance of Bigger data when tracking Covid-19

There are countries on our maps that have no data accounted for them

The tracking of deaths across Europe shows the importance of why “bigger” data as we call it is important vs Single Source data. As In many places, official daily figures exclude anybody who did not die in hospital or who did not test positive. Often the cause of death takes several days to establish, which creates a lag in the data.

A great article on the Economist on the matter:

There are countries on our maps that have no data accounted for them. For those of our readers who were wondering why this article sums up all the reasons why certain nations have no cases or either claimed that they are ‘corona-free’: 

https://thediplomat.com/2020/04/where-in-the-world-are-there-no-coronavirus-cases/

Turkmenistan: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-52186521

North Korea: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-52146989