Microsoft map shows advance of COVID-19 coronavirus around the world live

Large companies have adopted significant measures to combat pandemic COVID-19 coronavirus in the world, especially with information. THE Microsoft, for example, developed a interactive map of Bing, which provides the number of cases of infected people, the number of cured and fatal cases, in all countries. 

The coronavirus map COVID-19 do Bing is similar to the tracker created by researchers at Johns Hopkins University, which presents with numbers the situation of each affected country to COVID-19 and is updated in real time.

Real-time COVID-19 coronavirus mapl

The platform of the Microsoft it also concentrates useful information, such as news and videos. In the left corner of the screen, you can select and click on a country to find all related news.

A Microsoft states that its tracker data in the world is collected from various sources, such as the WHO - World Health Organization, CDC – United States Disease Control and Prevention, from European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and also the Wikipedia. All information presented are tracked minute by minute by the Bing.

Another relevant function in the Bing is to present the situation (number of confirmed, cured and fatal cases) in each state. However, this option is available exclusively for the United States. Thus, you can view news and numbers of infected in New York, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, among others. 

Number of cases in the world according to Bing

According to the tool, until 09 am this Friday (20), the world was registering 250.650 Confirmed cases the new COVID-19 coronavirus. Of this total, 88.450 were recovered and more than ten thousand are considered fatal. 

The country with the highest record remains China, with 80.967 infected and 71.150 people cured. After the Asian country, appear: Italy, Spain, Iran, Germany, United States, France, South Korea, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, respectively. Brazil appears just below Australia and Israel, with 647 confirmed cases. According to the tracker Bing, the South American country records two recoveries and seven deaths. 

Measures to contain the pandemic

One way out to prevent the spread of the virus around the world is adopt the quarantine. In many countries, authorities are asking people not to leave their homes, so that it is possible to prevent the spread of the virus. COVID-19 coronavirus and also not to overload the health system. 

Large companies have stimulated this campaign releasing free content and encouraging the home office ("home Office", in free translation). As stated earlier, other organizations are helping with information. It is the case of WhatsApp, that created an information hub reliable to prevent the spread of false news on your platform. 

Source: Bing; The Verge.