Chart description: The data is very variable, with single day spikes that go up to almost 800 and other days which report almost 0 cases. Any single spike in cases tends to be followed by a "tail " of lower numbers of cases in the following days. Alongside these individual spikes in the data there is an underlying trend- two periods when the number of cases reported rises then falls gradually. These occur at the end of March and a larger number of cases in August and September.

Chart data: Year Number of new confirmed cases Jan 02, 2020 7 Jan 03, 2020 302 Jan 04, 2020 15 Jan 05, 2020 8 Jan 06, 2020 85 Jan 07, 2020 417 Jan 08, 2020 85 Feb 02, 2020 5 Feb 03, 2020 274 Feb 04, 2020 15 Feb 05, 2020 17 Feb 06, 2020 86 Feb 07, 2020 687 Feb 08, 2020 109 Mar 02, 2020 8 Mar 03, 2020 226 Mar 04, 2020 15 Mar 05, 2020 8 Mar 06, 2020 66 Mar 07, 2020 444 Mar 08, 2020 127 Mar 12, 2020 37 Mar 13, 2020 48 Mar 14, 2020 50 Mar 15, 2020 80 Mar 16, 2020 79 Mar 17, 2020 109 Mar 18, 2020 145 Mar 19, 2020 168 Mar 20, 2020 194 Mar 21, 2020 282 Mar 22, 2020 328 Mar 23, 2020 370 Mar 24, 2020 382 Mar 25, 2020 376 Mar 26, 2020 370 Mar 27, 2020 460 Mar 28, 2020 344 Mar 29, 2020 265 Mar 30, 2020 310 Apr 02, 2020 11 Apr 03, 2020 188 Apr 04, 2020 27 Apr 05, 2020 10 Apr 06, 2020 114 Apr 07, 2020 452 Apr 08, 2020 89 Apr 12, 2020 44 Apr 13, 2020 45 Apr 14, 2020 35 Apr 15, 2020 33 Apr 16, 2020 47 Apr 17, 2020 41 Apr 18, 2020 42 Apr 19, 2020 13 Apr 20, 2020 18 Apr 21, 2020 12 Apr 22, 2020 8 Apr 23, 2020 18 Apr 24, 2020 20 Apr 25, 2020 17 Apr 26, 2020 8 Apr 27, 2020 8 Apr 28, 2020 15 Apr 29, 2020 11 May 02, 2020 8 May 03, 2020 141 May 04, 2020 25 May 05, 2020 11 May 06, 2020 94 May 07, 2020 738 May 08, 2020 83 May 12, 2020 13 May 13, 2020 14 May 14, 2020 32 May 15, 2020 15 May 16, 2020 8 May 17, 2020 11 May 18, 2020 6 May 19, 2020 12 May 20, 2020 5 May 21, 2020 14 May 22, 2020 14 May 23, 2020 4 May 24, 2020 9 May 25, 2020 15 May 26, 2020 11 May 27, 2020 18 May 28, 2020 17 May 29, 2020 11 May 30, 2020 12 Jun 02, 2020 4 Jun 03, 2020 107 Jun 04, 2020 25 Jun 05, 2020 2 Jun 06, 2020 140 Jun 07, 2020 484 Jun 08, 2020 76 Jun 12, 2020 13 Jun 13, 2020 18 Jun 14, 2020 15 Jun 15, 2020 12 Jun 16, 2020 23 Jun 17, 2020 21 Jun 18, 2020 20 Jun 19, 2020 26 Jun 20, 2020 25 Jun 21, 2020 18 Jun 22, 2020 20 Jun 23, 2020 30 Jun 24, 2020 37 Jun 25, 2020 37 Jun 26, 2020 47 Jun 27, 2020 53 Jun 28, 2020 85 Jun 29, 2020 71 Jul 02, 2020 9 Jul 03, 2020 119 Jul 04, 2020 20 Jul 05, 2020 5 Jul 06, 2020 199 Jul 07, 2020 464 Jul 08, 2020 48 Jul 12, 2020 192 Jul 13, 2020 284 Jul 14, 2020 259 Jul 15, 2020 330 Jul 16, 2020 438 Jul 17, 2020 233 Jul 18, 2020 381 Jul 19, 2020 296 Jul 20, 2020 388 Jul 21, 2020 503 Jul 22, 2020 423 Jul 23, 2020 309 Jul 24, 2020 372 Jul 25, 2020 475 Jul 26, 2020 549 Jul 27, 2020 400 Jul 28, 2020 319 Jul 29, 2020 746 Jul 30, 2020 652 Aug 02, 2020 8 Aug 03, 2020 105 Aug 04, 2020 18 Aug 05, 2020 5 Aug 06, 2020 147 Aug 07, 2020 475 Aug 08, 2020 66 Aug 12, 2020 292 Aug 13, 2020 385 Aug 14, 2020 313 Aug 15, 2020 285 Aug 16, 2020 290 Aug 17, 2020 226 Aug 18, 2020 228 Aug 19, 2020 246 Aug 20, 2020 180 Aug 21, 2020 200 Aug 22, 2020 216 Aug 23, 2020 121 Aug 24, 2020 151 Aug 25, 2020 156 Aug 26, 2020 124 Aug 27, 2020 131 Aug 28, 2020 112 Aug 29, 2020 125 Aug 30, 2020 84 Sep 02, 2020 12 Sep 03, 2020 84 Sep 04, 2020 15 Sep 05, 2020 2 Sep 06, 2020 182 Sep 07, 2020 404 Sep 08, 2020 93 Sep 12, 2020 50 Sep 13, 2020 39 Sep 14, 2020 49 Sep 15, 2020 53 Sep 16, 2020 35 Sep 17, 2020 51 Sep 18, 2020 24 Sep 19, 2020 19 Sep 20, 2020 16 Sep 21, 2020 33 Sep 22, 2020 22 Sep 23, 2020 17 Sep 24, 2020 18 Sep 25, 2020 17 Sep 26, 2020 24 Sep 27, 2020 5 Sep 28, 2020 20 Sep 29, 2020 17 Oct 02, 2020 20 Oct 03, 2020 105 Oct 04, 2020 14 Oct 05, 2020 7 Oct 06, 2020 307 Oct 07, 2020 337 Oct 08, 2020 59 Nov 02, 2020 15 Nov 03, 2020 87 Nov 04, 2020 6 Nov 05, 2020 9 Nov 06, 2020 227 Nov 07, 2020 354 Nov 08, 2020 56 Dec 02, 2020 34 Dec 03, 2020 33 Dec 04, 2020 18 Dec 05, 2020 9 Dec 06, 2020 279 Dec 07, 2020 428 Dec 08, 2020 46

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