Coronavirus Growth in Western Countries: October 1 Update

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Monika Bauerlein,
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December is make-or-break for Mother Jones’ fundraising, and in "No Cute Headlines or Manipulative BS," we hope that giving it to you as matter-of-fact as we can will work to raise the $350,000 we need to raise this month. Donations make up 74 percent of our budget this year, and all online gifts will be matched and go twice as far until we hit our goal.

Here’s the coronavirus death toll through October 1. The raw data from Johns Hopkins is here.

The catastrophe in Argentina has turned out to be even worse than we thought. Health authorities discovered about 3,000 COVID-19 deaths that hadn’t been recorded, which sent the overall death toll rocketing upward. Meanwhile, authorities in France are “considering” a new lockdown but apparently need to ponder the data a little further first. I don’t get this. France’s case rate has been soaring for the past two months and their death rate started increasing three weeks ago. What more do they need to know?