VIRUS HITTING CLOSE TO HOME

Not trying to be critical but trying to explain: the % per day DOES mean more than the raw totals. It is the indicator of whether measures to combat this are working... or shows how lack of measures (like in the NYC area too late) promotes spread.

gdrill.... in the graph you linked above, hit the 'logarithmic' word and then look a the graph. Look at the slope, or steepness, of the logarithmic graph. That is the important clue in what is happening with prevention methods and predictions of deaths in the near future. The slope steepened in the US quite a bit about 3 weeks ago, and as expected, the US death rates jumped up 7-10 days later.