Good job Norway! Nice to see some success.
The other side of the fjord and other dubious places. 
Snowboarder Bo: As depressing as this might be, could you also add, if possible, the day’s increase as a separate indicator for the US numbers? Thanks for posting what you have.
The gardeners are back at work at my apt complex. This is either a hopeful sign of community rebirth or a sign of disaster.
Grim competition for the worst:
Deaths per million:
Spain, 295
New York, 280
Italy, 273
(numbers all per worldometer; San Marino left out due to sample size).
New York is worse than Italy by this metric. Not entirely comparable, because the three places aren’t the same and the ways the deaths are counted are undoubetedly imprecise (I saw something this morning that NY isn’t necessarily counting deaths at home because they just don’t have the resources to test them). Still, not cheerful at all.
I’ve read that a seat on the State Supreme Court is on the ballot.
Yeah, Individual 1 tweeted out that Republicans in Wisconsin need to vote for a judge to preserve the 2nd Amendment.
Good news from the daily briefing here in Ohio. The IMHE projection is showing us leveling off at 544 deaths in total, based on our current social distancing measures. Dr. Acton, the director of ODH, said today that she thinks our hospitals will be able to handle the peak load, which should come towards the end of the April/early May. Our “curves” are looking very good compared to the US as a whole, and very, very good compared to the hardest hit states.
Today’s Austrian news roundup:
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[li] As the first country in Europe to announce plans to end its lockdown, the international news media is finally taking note of the situation in Austria. In addition to newswire stories, I’ve spotted articles in The Guardian, Time, Mother Jones, and The Telegraph. Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz was also interviewed on German TV last night.[/li]
Other countries have since announced their own plans to lift their lockdowns: first Denmark, and then the Czech Republic, and now (per yo han go’s post) Slovenia.
[li] As of 14 April, services on Vienna public transport will be back to their usual schedule.[/li][li] Good news for car drivers: the deadline for renewing driving licences and parking permits has been extended to 31 May. (Though I expect not too many people will need to renew their licences this spring, since these are valid for 15 years.)[/li][li] Austrian Airlines projects that it will not recover from the coronavirus crisis until 2023, and is requesting €500 million in aid from the government.[/li][li] With the courts of justice having been closed for weeks, there’s now a growing backlog (currently 1700) of criminal cases to try. Chipping away at this glut ought to keep judges and lawyers busy for a very long time, once the criminal justice system starts up again.[/li][li] Current statistics: 12,639 confirmed infections, 243 deaths, 4064 recovered.[/li][/ul]
Those are all positive things, psychonaut; glad to hear it.
Also positive: China’s virus pandemic epicenter Wuhan ends 76-day lockdown.
76 days. 11 weeks, more or less.
The US is gonna have a hard time finding the same kind of discipline, IMO.
Trump Threatens to Withhold Funding for World Health Organization - Trump attacked the W.H.O. for its handling of the coronavirus outbreak and its criticisms of his policy.
Be nice or everybody dies.
Yesterday Taiwan had three new cases, all of which were Taiwanese returning from overseas and developed symptoms while in self quarantine. Total is only 376.
We just had a long weekend and some tourist places were quite crowded. They are calling for self quarantine for anyone who visited 11 special locations.
Taiwan really jumped on it quickly and got a good handle on it. This time it’s too late for most places but early action seems to be the key.
Wuhan may be relaxing it, but as I understand Beijing’s quarantine rules, anyone coming here from Wuhan will be in quarantine here for fourteen days.
The U.S. hits 400,000 total cases:
To get onto Camp Walker, the main United States Forces Korea military bases in and around Daegu, South Korea, there’s a novel way to see if you may be afflicted with COVID:
More at the link, and the name of the city is Daegu, not Daego (but, c’mon; how cool would that be if it were the latter?).
Personally, I’m disappointed they chose vinegar for that. After all, they are in Korea. There’s a much better, and cheaper alternative, available for shocking someone’s olfactory nerves.
Just wanted to point out that the US death count has now exceeded that of the 2009 H1N1 flue that according to Trump Obama mishandled so badly.
Wait a minute, I LOOOOOVE vinegar. I own six kinds at the moment. (Had to stock up before the virus, dontcha know? 
) Is this a military-grade vinegar or something, because I’d be pouring it on any salad in a heartbeat.
A church in our area refused to shut down and continued to hold services, so their landlord changed the locks on the door. Another one that continued to hold services got a bomb threat.
I like vinegar too, especially the flavored drinking vinegars sold in Korea (which we have to buy at a shop in Beijing’s Wangjing Koreatown now). But, as this is happening in South Korea, I was alluding to the ubiquitous kimchi in that land.
The mayor of Alton, IL told his police chief to crack down on violators of the stay-at-home order. Police raided a bar and arrested the mayor’s wife.
The mayor is not happy with his wife.
This may end up in msmith537’s Might people’s marriages break up before this is over thread.
In Cartersville in Georgia’s Bartow County, a number of cases are connected to a big church there.