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That's the global numbers, which are still dominated by China. In China there may have been a real slowdown thanks to draconian measures.
But have a look at the WHO numbers excluding China. It's definitely still exponential. The doubling time has even been shrinking. My plot:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQTpoR9gmgei...
Source of the numbers: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2...
That's the global numbers, which are still dominated by China. In China there may have been a real slowdown thanks to draconian measures.
But have a look at the WHO numbers excluding China. It's definitely still exponential. The doubling time has even been shrinking. My plot:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQTpoR9gmgei...
Source of the numbers: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2...