Chart description: There's an initial increase in cases in April 21, before reducing down to little between july-october. Cases increase significantly, to almost 8x that of April's cases, in October. The cases begin to drop off sharply towards december, though remains high, just below 600000.

Chart data: Month Number of active cases Feb 14, 2020 3 Feb 15, 2020 3 Feb 16, 2020 3 Feb 17, 2020 3 Feb 18, 2020 3 Feb 19, 2020 4 Feb 20, 2020 19 Feb 21, 2020 75 Feb 22, 2020 152 Feb 23, 2020 221 Feb 24, 2020 310 Feb 25, 2020 455 Feb 26, 2020 593 Feb 27, 2020 822 Feb 28, 2020 1049 Feb 29, 2020 1577 Mar 01, 2020 1835 Mar 02, 2020 2263 Mar 03, 2020 2706 Mar 04, 2020 3296 Mar 05, 2020 3916 Mar 06, 2020 5061 Mar 07, 2020 6387 Mar 08, 2020 7985 Mar 09, 2020 8514 Mar 10, 2020 10590 Mar 11, 2020 12839 Mar 12, 2020 14955 Mar 13, 2020 17750 Mar 14, 2020 20603 Mar 15, 2020 23073 Mar 16, 2020 26062 Mar 17, 2020 28710 Mar 18, 2020 33190 Mar 19, 2020 37860 Mar 20, 2020 42681 Mar 21, 2020 46638 Mar 22, 2020 50418 Mar 23, 2020 54030 Mar 24, 2020 57521 Mar 25, 2020 62031 Mar 26, 2020 66414 Mar 27, 2020 70065 Mar 28, 2020 73880 Mar 29, 2020 75528 Mar 30, 2020 77635 Mar 31, 2020 80572 Apr 01, 2020 83049 Apr 02, 2020 85388 Apr 03, 2020 88274 Apr 04, 2020 91246 Apr 05, 2020 93187 Apr 06, 2020 94067 Apr 07, 2020 95262 Apr 08, 2020 96877 Apr 09, 2020 98273 Apr 10, 2020 100269 Apr 11, 2020 102253 Apr 12, 2020 103616 Apr 13, 2020 104291 Apr 14, 2020 105418 Apr 15, 2020 106607 Apr 16, 2020 106962 Apr 17, 2020 107771 Apr 18, 2020 108257 Apr 19, 2020 108237 Apr 20, 2020 107709 Apr 21, 2020 107699 Apr 22, 2020 106848 Apr 23, 2020 106527 Apr 24, 2020 105847 Apr 25, 2020 106103 Apr 26, 2020 105813 Apr 27, 2020 105205 Apr 28, 2020 104657 Apr 29, 2020 101551 Apr 30, 2020 100943 May 01, 2020 100704 May 02, 2020 100179 May 03, 2020 99980 May 04, 2020 98467 May 05, 2020 91528 May 06, 2020 89624 May 07, 2020 87961 May 08, 2020 84842 May 09, 2020 83324 May 10, 2020 82488 May 11, 2020 81266 May 12, 2020 78457 May 13, 2020 76440 May 14, 2020 72070 May 15, 2020 70187 May 16, 2020 68351 May 17, 2020 66553 May 18, 2020 65129 May 19, 2020 62752 May 20, 2020 60960 May 21, 2020 59322 May 22, 2020 57752 May 23, 2020 56549 May 24, 2020 55300 May 25, 2020 52942 May 26, 2020 50966 May 27, 2020 47986 May 28, 2020 46175 May 29, 2020 43691 May 30, 2020 42097 May 31, 2020 41367 Jun 01, 2020 39893 Jun 02, 2020 39297 Jun 03, 2020 38429 Jun 04, 2020 36976 Jun 05, 2020 35877 Jun 06, 2020 35262 Jun 07, 2020 34730 Jun 08, 2020 32872 Jun 09, 2020 31710 Jun 10, 2020 30637 Jun 11, 2020 28997 Jun 12, 2020 27485 Jun 13, 2020 26274 Jun 14, 2020 25909 Jun 15, 2020 24569 Jun 16, 2020 23925 Jun 17, 2020 23101 Jun 18, 2020 21543 Jun 19, 2020 21212 Jun 20, 2020 20972 Jun 21, 2020 20637 Jun 22, 2020 19573 Jun 23, 2020 18655 Jun 24, 2020 18303 Jun 25, 2020 17638 Jun 26, 2020 16836 Jun 27, 2020 16681 Jun 28, 2020 16496 Jun 29, 2020 15563 Jun 30, 2020 15255 Jul 01, 2020 15060 Jul 02, 2020 14884 Jul 03, 2020 14621 Jul 04, 2020 14642 Jul 05, 2020 14709 Jul 06, 2020 14242 Jul 07, 2020 13595 Jul 08, 2020 13459 Jul 09, 2020 13428 Jul 10, 2020 13303 Jul 11, 2020 13179 Jul 12, 2020 13157 Jul 13, 2020 12919 Jul 14, 2020 12493 Jul 15, 2020 12473 Jul 16, 2020 12456 Jul 17, 2020 12368 Jul 18, 2020 12440 Jul 19, 2020 12404 Jul 20, 2020 12248 Jul 21, 2020 12322 Jul 22, 2020 12404 Jul 23, 2020 12301 Jul 24, 2020 12442 Jul 25, 2020 12565 Jul 26, 2020 12581 Jul 27, 2020 12609 Jul 28, 2020 12616 Jul 29, 2020 12230 Jul 30, 2020 12422 Jul 31, 2020 12457 Aug 01, 2020 12456 Aug 02, 2020 12474 Aug 03, 2020 12482 Aug 04, 2020 12646 Aug 05, 2020 12694 Aug 06, 2020 12924 Aug 07, 2020 12953 Aug 08, 2020 13263 Aug 09, 2020 13368 Aug 10, 2020 13561 Aug 11, 2020 13791 Aug 12, 2020 14081 Aug 13, 2020 14249 Aug 14, 2020 14406 Aug 15, 2020 14733 Aug 16, 2020 14867 Aug 17, 2020 15089 Aug 18, 2020 15360 Aug 19, 2020 16014 Aug 20, 2020 16678 Aug 21, 2020 17503 Aug 22, 2020 18438 Aug 23, 2020 19195 Aug 24, 2020 19714 Aug 25, 2020 20753 Aug 26, 2020 21932 Aug 27, 2020 23035 Aug 28, 2020 24156 Aug 29, 2020 25205 Aug 30, 2020 26078 Aug 31, 2020 26754 Sep 01, 2020 27817 Sep 02, 2020 28915 Sep 03, 2020 30099 Sep 04, 2020 31194 Sep 05, 2020 32078 Sep 06, 2020 32993 Sep 07, 2020 33789 Sep 08, 2020 34734 Sep 09, 2020 35708 Sep 10, 2020 36767 Sep 11, 2020 37503 Sep 12, 2020 38509 Sep 13, 2020 39187 Sep 14, 2020 39712 Sep 15, 2020 40532 Sep 16, 2020 41413 Sep 17, 2020 42457 Sep 18, 2020 43161 Sep 19, 2020 44098 Sep 20, 2020 45079 Sep 21, 2020 45489 Sep 22, 2020 46114 Sep 23, 2020 46780 Sep 24, 2020 47718 Sep 25, 2020 48593 Sep 26, 2020 49618 Sep 27, 2020 50323 Sep 28, 2020 50630 Sep 29, 2020 51263 Sep 30, 2020 52647 Oct 01, 2020 53997 Oct 02, 2020 55566 Oct 03, 2020 57429 Oct 04, 2020 58903 Oct 05, 2020 60134 Oct 06, 2020 62576 Oct 07, 2020 65952 Oct 08, 2020 70110 Oct 09, 2020 74829 Oct 10, 2020 79075 Oct 11, 2020 82764 Oct 12, 2020 87193 Oct 13, 2020 92445 Oct 14, 2020 99266 Oct 15, 2020 107312 Oct 16, 2020 116935 Oct 17, 2020 126237 Oct 18, 2020 134003 Oct 19, 2020 142739 Oct 20, 2020 155442 Oct 21, 2020 169302 Oct 22, 2020 186002 Oct 23, 2020 203182 Oct 24, 2020 222241 Oct 25, 2020 236684 Oct 26, 2020 255090 Oct 27, 2020 276457 Oct 28, 2020 299191 Oct 29, 2020 325786 Oct 30, 2020 351386 Oct 31, 2020 378129 Nov 01, 2020 396512 Nov 02, 2020 418142 Nov 03, 2020 443235 Nov 04, 2020 472348 Nov 05, 2020 499118 Nov 06, 2020 532536 Nov 07, 2020 558636 Nov 08, 2020 573334 Nov 09, 2020 590110 Nov 10, 2020 613358 Nov 11, 2020 635054 Nov 12, 2020 663926 Nov 13, 2020 688435 Nov 14, 2020 712490 Nov 15, 2020 717784 Nov 16, 2020 733810 Nov 17, 2020 743168 Nov 18, 2020 761671 Nov 19, 2020 777176 Nov 20, 2020 791746 Nov 21, 2020 805947 Nov 22, 2020 796849 Nov 23, 2020 798386 Nov 24, 2020 791697 Nov 25, 2020 795845 Nov 26, 2020 787893 Nov 27, 2020 789308 Nov 28, 2020 795771 Nov 29, 2020 788471 Nov 30, 2020 779945 Dec 01, 2020 761230 Dec 02, 2020 759982 Dec 03, 2020 757702 Dec 04, 2020 754169 Dec 05, 2020 755306 Dec 06, 2020 748819 Dec 07, 2020 737525 Dec 08, 2020 710515 Dec 09, 2020 696527 Dec 10, 2020 690323 Dec 11, 2020 684848 Dec 12, 2020 686031 Dec 13, 2020 675109 Dec 14, 2020 663313 Dec 15, 2020 645706 Dec 16, 2020 635343 Dec 17, 2020 627798 Dec 18, 2020 620166 Dec 19, 2020 622760 Dec 20, 2020 613582 Dec 21, 2020 605955 Dec 22, 2020 598816 Dec 23, 2020 593692 Dec 24, 2020 579886 Dec 25, 2020 580943 Dec 26, 2020 581760 Dec 27, 2020 575221 Dec 28, 2020 568728 Dec 29, 2020 564395 Dec 30, 2020 569896 Dec 31, 2020 574767 Jan 01, 2021 577062 Jan 02, 2021 576214 Jan 03, 2021 570458 Jan 04, 2021 569161

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