Coronavirus Growth in Western Countries: May 5 Update

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Autocratic forces are ascendant.

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Autocratic forces are ascendant in America. But truth-telling independent media is one remaining bulwark against the unrestrained exercise of power. At a time when billionaire owners of corporate media are making accommodations to political leaders, our nonprofit newsroom cannot be bought or broken. Please stand with us.

Here’s the coronavirus death toll through May 5. Canada is not looking so good. Germany is almost down to 1 death per million. The United States remains flat, flat, flat. We will either turn up or turn down over the next week, and that will tell us what our near future looks like.

The raw data from Johns Hopkins is here. The Public Health Agency of Sweden is here.