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Tomorrow, Reported Coronavirus Deaths in Italy (Pop. 60M) Likely to Surpass China (Pop 1380M)

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This is relying on the data on WorldoMeters.info, which reports 475 new deaths yesterday in Italy, for a total of 2978, and 11 new deaths in China, for a total of 3237. I realize, of course, that there's always the risk of different reporting rates and cause-of-death diagnosis rates in different countries.

Eugene Volokh is the Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law at UCLA and a Visiting Fellow (Senior Fellow starting May 2024) at the Hoover Institution (Stanford). Naturally, his posts here (like the opinions of the other bloggers) are his own, and not endorsed by any educational institution.