COVID-19 is exposing the frail connection between health, technology, people and data science. Within a month, COVID-19 has reached every nook and corner of the planet, throwing off daily lives, businesses, and events. To accurately understand the extent of this pandemic, The Microsoft Bing Team has announced a web portal– COVID-19 Tracker.
What is Bing COVID-19 Tracker?
Bing COVID-19 tracker shows a real-time extent of the novel coronavirus across continents. The date-wise statistics represent the number of cases reported, and the number of deaths for each country and all US states.
As per Bing COVID-19 Tracker, there are 85,377 active cases and 6518 deaths. 77,766 people have recovered from the flu and its associated symptoms.
Unconfirmed sources have reported that data is aggregated from various verified agencies, including the WHO, US CDC and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Our analysts could not confirm if data were also aggregated from other search engines, including Google Search.
Recently, Salesforce-owned Big Data Intelligence company Tableau also announced a free page for COVID-19 tracking. Tableau COVID-19 tracker has a real-time dashboard to enable you to explore the data.
According to the Bing COVID-19 Tracker, the extent of coronavirus is yet to make its presence into Alaska, Greenland, and central Africa. There is a sudden rise in the number of cases registered in Europe, especially in mainland Italy, Spain and France. Australia and New Zealand have reported 313 cases and 5 deaths.
Today, technology is playing a vital role in reducing the impact of COVID-19 on work and financial transactions. Organizations have restricted travel. Many companies are enabling employees to work from home, asserting that remote log-in options could be the future of work eventually. Coronavirus, or otherwise, the nature of business activities may have been permanently transformed forever.
Top Work from Home Collaboration tools that fight COVID-19 Disruptions
- Microsoft Team App
- Google Hangouts
- Apple Facetime
- Facebook Messenger
- Google Duo
- Facebook’s WhatsApp
- RingCentral
- Zoom Video
- Freeconference.com
- Cisco WebEx