There has been a deluge of numbers since the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic. As Covid-19 is a novel disease and we have never lived through anything like it before, the numbers help us paint a truer picture of this pathogen’s patterns. In this episode, we decode the essential numbers behind Covid-19. From testing to infection, hospitalisation and death rates. How reliable are these numbers? And what have they begun to reveal?
With special thanks to:
Professor Sunetra Gupta – Professor of Theoretical Epidemiology, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford
Ashley Kirk – Telegraph Senior Data Journalist
Ben Cowling – School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong
Narrator
Theodora Louloudis
Archive
Getty
Director / Creative Lead
Jeremy Holden
Assistant Producer
Elliott Daly
Senior Producer
Danielle Robinson
Production Manager
Carla de Nicola
Research and Script
Elliott Daly
Jeremy Holden
Film Editor
Josh Bourne
Motion Designer
Frank Weber
Music
Audionetworks
Executive Producer
Andy Mackenzie
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