As the first European country to go back to national lockdown, Ireland now averages less than a quarter of their recent peak and is now set to announce the exit plan from the lockdown.
France's daily cases also saw steady decreases, the daily change of active cases (new cases minus recovers and deaths) is down to 10k and expected to dwindle further as the case rate decreases and recovery accelerates.
Germany became the 12th country to reached 1 million confirmed cases, as their daily average more than 20k recently. Yesterday, Germany reported 430 deaths, their second highest ever.
Turkey began to incorporate asymptomatic cases in its report, resulting in daily cases five times higher than before.
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Note: these are asymptotic or mildly symptomatic at time of testing. So it includes presymtomatic cases as well as mild cases.
Irish reopening includes hotels, hairdressers, churches, gyms on Tuesday, restaurants and pubs that serve food on Friday
Irish chief medical officer Dr Holohan opposed reopening pubs and restaurants
ISAG advocated elimination
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/covid-crisis-taoiseach-signals-cautious-reopening-for-christmas-1.4421763 https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/hotels-retail-hairdressers-churches-gyms-to-open-next-tuesday-followed-by-restaurants-and-gastropubs-on-friday-1.4421156
Irish chief medical officer Dr Holohan opposed reopening pubs and restaurants
ISAG advocated elimination
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/covid-crisis-taoiseach-signals-cautious-reopening-for-christmas-1.4421763 https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/hotels-retail-hairdressers-churches-gyms-to-open-next-tuesday-followed-by-restaurants-and-gastropubs-on-friday-1.4421156