We understand his point: The number of deaths is low relative to the number of cases. But by presenting the data in this way, Atlas makes it look as though the number of deaths is insignificant. Considering new deaths relative to new cases two weeks prior, the ratio has been essentially flat since early July. On a given day, the number of new deaths has been about 1.75 percent of the number of new cases 14 days earlier. Yet I can pick out trends suggesting how the number of new coronavirus cases necessarily leads to a predictable increase in deaths.

Source: Washington Post November 05, 2020 15:04 UTC