Chart description: From April to June, the number of cases increased very steadily and quickly up to roughly 250000 cases. From July to October, cases dropped to roughly 160000. After that there was an increase again up to over half a million by December. In both periods where cases increased, the rate of increase was similar.

Chart data: Year Active cases Jan 30, 2020 2 Feb 11, 2020 0 Mar 01, 2020 1 Mar 04, 2020 2 Mar 05, 2020 8 Mar 06, 2020 12 Mar 07, 2020 14 Mar 08, 2020 17 Mar 09, 2020 17 Mar 10, 2020 25 Mar 11, 2020 31 Mar 12, 2020 42 Mar 13, 2020 56 Mar 14, 2020 60 Mar 15, 2020 89 Mar 16, 2020 109 Mar 17, 2020 142 Mar 18, 2020 194 Mar 19, 2020 244 Mar 20, 2020 290 Mar 21, 2020 351 Mar 22, 2020 421 Mar 23, 2020 473 Mar 24, 2020 629 Mar 25, 2020 800 Mar 26, 2020 988 Mar 27, 2020 1211 Mar 28, 2020 1462 Mar 29, 2020 1761 Mar 30, 2020 2199 Mar 31, 2020 2563 Apr 01, 2020 3283 Apr 02, 2020 3834 Apr 03, 2020 4355 Apr 04, 2020 4989 Apr 05, 2020 5890 Apr 06, 2020 6945 Apr 07, 2020 8029 Apr 08, 2020 9357 Apr 09, 2020 11028 Apr 10, 2020 12433 Apr 11, 2020 14349 Apr 12, 2020 16710 Apr 13, 2020 19238 Apr 14, 2020 22306 Apr 15, 2020 25402 Apr 16, 2020 29145 Apr 17, 2020 33423 Apr 18, 2020 39201 Apr 19, 2020 43270 Apr 20, 2020 48434 Apr 21, 2020 53066 Apr 22, 2020 57327 Apr 23, 2020 62439 Apr 24, 2020 67657 Apr 25, 2020 73438 Apr 26, 2020 79007 Apr 27, 2020 84238 Apr 28, 2020 88141 Apr 29, 2020 93806 Apr 30, 2020 100042 May 01, 2020 107819 May 02, 2020 116768 May 03, 2020 125817 May 04, 2020 134054 May 05, 2020 143065 May 06, 2020 151732 May 07, 2020 159528 May 08, 2020 164933 May 09, 2020 173467 May 10, 2020 179534 May 11, 2020 186615 May 12, 2020 192056 May 13, 2020 196410 May 14, 2020 202199 May 15, 2020 206340 May 16, 2020 211748 May 17, 2020 217747 May 18, 2020 220974 May 19, 2020 220341 May 20, 2020 221774 May 21, 2020 223374 May 22, 2020 224558 May 23, 2020 227641 May 24, 2020 230996 May 25, 2020 227406 May 26, 2020 224504 May 27, 2020 223916 May 28, 2020 223992 May 29, 2020 224551 May 30, 2020 229267 May 31, 2020 234146 Jun 01, 2020 231719 Jun 02, 2020 231105 Jun 03, 2020 231101 Jun 04, 2020 231626 Jun 05, 2020 231576 Jun 06, 2020 235083 Jun 07, 2020 239999 Jun 08, 2020 236714 Jun 09, 2020 234516 Jun 10, 2020 234754 Jun 11, 2020 235338 Jun 12, 2020 238659 Jun 13, 2020 241966 Jun 14, 2020 245580 Jun 15, 2020 243868 Jun 16, 2020 241481 Jun 17, 2020 239468 Jun 18, 2020 236816 Jun 19, 2020 234358 Jun 20, 2020 236858 Jun 21, 2020 239658 Jun 22, 2020 234917 Jun 23, 2020 229546 Jun 24, 2020 230225 Jun 25, 2020 227861 Jun 26, 2020 225325 Jun 27, 2020 226277 Jun 28, 2020 228560 Jun 29, 2020 225879 Jun 30, 2020 221938 Jul 01, 2020 222504 Jul 02, 2020 220131 Jul 03, 2020 217609 Jul 04, 2020 220340 Jul 05, 2020 223237 Jul 06, 2020 219856 Jul 07, 2020 217614 Jul 08, 2020 215142 Jul 09, 2020 213851 Jul 10, 2020 211896 Jul 11, 2020 214766 Jul 12, 2020 218239 Jul 13, 2020 215508 Jul 14, 2020 211350 Jul 15, 2020 209168 Jul 16, 2020 207707 Jul 17, 2020 206327 Jul 18, 2020 208860 Jul 19, 2020 211457 Jul 20, 2020 208364 Jul 21, 2020 204392 Jul 22, 2020 201816 Jul 23, 2020 199029 Jul 24, 2020 196388 Jul 25, 2020 198966 Jul 26, 2020 201437 Jul 27, 2020 197794 Jul 28, 2020 194984 Jul 29, 2020 191042 Jul 30, 2020 187608 Jul 31, 2020 184861 Aug 01, 2020 186569 Aug 02, 2020 188464 Aug 03, 2020 185601 Aug 04, 2020 183111 Aug 05, 2020 180931 Aug 06, 2020 178818 Aug 07, 2020 177286 Aug 08, 2020 179183 Aug 09, 2020 180972 Aug 10, 2020 179293 Aug 11, 2020 177143 Aug 12, 2020 175978 Aug 13, 2020 174361 Aug 14, 2020 172856 Aug 15, 2020 174200 Aug 16, 2020 175904 Aug 17, 2020 173993 Aug 18, 2020 171909 Aug 19, 2020 170494 Aug 20, 2020 169457 Aug 21, 2020 168110 Aug 22, 2020 169727 Aug 23, 2020 171950 Aug 24, 2020 169874 Aug 25, 2020 168032 Aug 26, 2020 166211 Aug 27, 2020 165025 Aug 28, 2020 163938 Aug 29, 2020 166251 Aug 30, 2020 168756 Aug 31, 2020 167044 Sep 01, 2020 166417 Sep 02, 2020 165532 Sep 03, 2020 164709 Sep 04, 2020 164425 Sep 05, 2020 166736 Sep 06, 2020 169542 Sep 07, 2020 167747 Sep 08, 2020 166414 Sep 09, 2020 165734 Sep 10, 2020 165402 Sep 11, 2020 165343 Sep 12, 2020 168008 Sep 13, 2020 170985 Sep 14, 2020 170759 Sep 15, 2020 170488 Sep 16, 2020 170352 Sep 17, 2020 170784 Sep 18, 2020 171450 Sep 19, 2020 174624 Sep 20, 2020 178133 Sep 21, 2020 178212 Sep 22, 2020 178743 Sep 23, 2020 179059 Sep 24, 2020 181846 Sep 25, 2020 183196 Sep 26, 2020 187896 Sep 27, 2020 193268 Sep 28, 2020 194861 Sep 29, 2020 197307 Sep 30, 2020 200098 Oct 01, 2020 203270 Oct 02, 2020 207392 Oct 03, 2020 214500 Oct 04, 2020 222090 Oct 05, 2020 227265 Oct 06, 2020 231479 Oct 07, 2020 235727 Oct 08, 2020 240560 Oct 09, 2020 246434 Oct 10, 2020 255679 Oct 11, 2020 265353 Oct 12, 2020 271427 Oct 13, 2020 277499 Oct 14, 2020 282575 Oct 15, 2020 289008 Oct 16, 2020 295034 Oct 17, 2020 304571 Oct 18, 2020 315046 Oct 19, 2020 321392 Oct 20, 2020 325823 Oct 21, 2020 330076 Oct 22, 2020 335870 Oct 23, 2020 340528 Oct 24, 2020 349305 Oct 25, 2020 358859 Oct 26, 2020 362245 Oct 27, 2020 365740 Oct 28, 2020 368351 Oct 29, 2020 371760 Oct 30, 2020 374712 Oct 31, 2020 382873 Nov 01, 2020 390532 Nov 02, 2020 393494 Nov 03, 2020 397306 Nov 04, 2020 404180 Nov 05, 2020 407429 Nov 06, 2020 410658 Nov 07, 2020 419378 Nov 08, 2020 430198 Nov 09, 2020 435207 Nov 10, 2020 436010 Nov 11, 2020 438368 Nov 12, 2020 441205 Nov 13, 2020 444890 Nov 14, 2020 452654 Nov 15, 2020 461265 Nov 16, 2020 461178 Nov 17, 2020 456528 Nov 18, 2020 454102 Nov 19, 2020 453201 Nov 20, 2020 451535 Nov 21, 2020 457707 Nov 22, 2020 466517 Nov 23, 2020 467126 Nov 24, 2020 464546 Nov 25, 2020 464436 Nov 26, 2020 464801 Nov 27, 2020 464095 Nov 28, 2020 468332 Nov 29, 2020 477055 Nov 30, 2020 478125 Dec 01, 2020 475999 Dec 02, 2020 474088 Dec 03, 2020 472021 Dec 04, 2020 472651 Dec 05, 2020 479891 Dec 06, 2020 488727 Dec 07, 2020 489324 Dec 08, 2020 488689 Dec 09, 2020 490177 Dec 10, 2020 491978 Dec 11, 2020 493437 Dec 12, 2020 500752 Dec 13, 2020 509068 Dec 14, 2020 510367 Dec 15, 2020 509790 Dec 16, 2020 510977 Dec 17, 2020 512825 Dec 18, 2020 514340 Dec 19, 2020 521862 Dec 20, 2020 531014 Dec 21, 2020 535071 Dec 22, 2020 537325 Dec 23, 2020 539735 Dec 24, 2020 540793 Dec 25, 2020 541299

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