When coronavirus numbers don’t paint a big pandemic picture

From the raw numbers alone, the new coronavirus would appear to have less of a foothold in places like Egypt and India than countries such as Italy or South Korea.As of Saturday, Egypt had 67 cases of Covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, and India had 82 while South Korea had more 8,000 and Italy over 17,600.But a new set of numbers last week indicates that the raw numbers are not an accurate reflection of whether the epidemic is spreading in a country.On Wednesday, nine members of…



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