Coronavirus -- Update -- February 27, 2020

We won't see the numbers until around midnight tonight, but right now there were 16 new deaths reported worldwide. Yesterday there were 38. If the "16" holds today, that will represent a change of minus 58%, the best in three days and continuing the downward trend.

In addition, the change in total number of deaths will be less than 1% -- the lowest it has been since the coronavirus outbreak was identified, and continuing the downward trend.

Of the 16 new deaths in the last 24 hours:

• Iran: 7
• Italy: 5
• China: 2
• South Korea: 1
• Japan: 1

I find the coronavirus story fascinating on so many levels. Most fascinating: in countries millions and millions of people, we are able to "capture" single deaths. Fascinating.

With such small numbers, it only takes a few deaths in any one day to really affect the overall percentages. 

Diamond Princess. No new deaths reported in quite some time.

That "de novo" death in northern California is very, very interesting. More on that later, but I am on my way to picking up Sophia.

Adult male slate-colored junco. Compare with photograph at this link.