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Coronavirus: There is Hope for an end - The Month of May

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With the advent of COVID-19, the world is under a strict lock down with no foreseeable escape. From a common Joe’s perspective, the world seems to be approaching a true dystopia. Contrary to this belief, with the help of statistics, the reign of the Coronavirus can be predicted to end soon. In a previous statistical comparison, a correlation between Temperature and median age of a country was brought out tied to the number of incident cases: More than 75% of the cases occur in regions from temperatures ranging from 5 ° C to 15 ° C with a median age lying between 35 – 50 years. Countries like China, Italy and the US – in particular New York- are found within this region. This, in turn, elucidates the impression that Cases are likely to emerge in countries with these conditions in mind. When we look at China’s cases in march from using the database published by https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/china/ , it is clear that the number of cases are coming...

Coronavirus: Temperature and Median Age shows a trend for the Number of Cases

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Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the world is facing unprecedented fear with no foreseeable end. However, the virus’s spread shows a trend with relation to the mean temperature and median age of the location. The following tables represent the correlation with these two variables and the number of cases present in the world. Note: For the US, have only considered New York and assumed  for each country the temperature is constant throughout. Data considers  only the top 90 countries with cases. Countries with a mean temperature ranging from 5 ° C to 15 ° C with a median age lying between 35 and 50 consist of above 75% of all recorded cases of the Coronavirus. -Advaith Ravishankar References https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ https://www.thebesttimetovisit.com/weather/india-in-march-3-country-id-85.html