Remember to check the Resources page on our website for key links.
Thank you.
Shubhash Gosine
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The SOA’s Medical and Epidemiological View of COVID-19 for the Insurance Industry Webcast will take place on 23rd or 24th April depending on your time zone. Registration closes today. You may register here.
Here is the current situation in the Caribbean:
Country
Total Cases
Infected
Deaths
Recovered
Date of 1st reported case
World
2,436,119
1,631,950
166,762
637,407
8th December
Jamaica
196
164
5
27
10th March
Bahamas
60
40
9
11
15th March
Trinidad & Tobago
114
85
8
21
12th March
Barbados
75
51
5
19
17th March
Suriname
10
3
1
6
13th March
Curacao
15
4
1
10
13th March
Belize
18
16
2
0
22nd March
Guyana
63
48
6
9
18th March
Haiti
47
44
3
0
19th March
Bermuda
86
46
5
35
18th March
Cayman Islands
61
53
1
7
12th March
Covid-19 statistics as at April 19th 2020
Comments
Jamaica had an increase of 23 cases. Almost half of Jamaica’s cases are said to be associated with the call centre cluster.
Here are some links that are very interesting:
Study predicts delay in peaking of COVID-19 cases in the US
COVID-19: The Exponential Power of Now – With Prof. Nicholas Jewell
I remind members that both the SOA and the IFOA have a lot of current information that is both helpful and interesting. These and others are linked on our website’s Resources page.
Feedback welcome.
Thank you.
Shubhash Gosine
The information on this page does not necessarily reflect the opinions, standards or policies of the CAA. Data included in graphs has been obtained from several sources the accuracy of which cannot be guaranteed by the CAA. The CAA assumes no responsibility or liability for the accuracy or completeness of content contained in any linked site.
Jamaica had an increase of 10 cases. There is a growing expectation that Kingston will be locked down in the coming days. The situation is being monitored very closely.
Coronavirus Outbreak: Know 5 recent studies on the COVID-19
I remind members that both the SOA and the IFOA have a lot of current information that is both helpful and interesting. These and others are linked on our website’s Resources page.
Feedback welcome.
Thank you.
Shubhash Gosine
The information on this page does not necessarily reflect the opinions, standards or policies of the CAA. Data included in graphs has been obtained from several sources the accuracy of which cannot be guaranteed by the CAA. The CAA assumes no responsibility or liability for the accuracy or completeness of content contained in any linked site.
Interviews with the Leading COVID-19 Expert from South Korea – ASIAN BOSS
Monitoring mortality in England & Wales
The Mortality Projections Committee released its first weekly monitoring report, for week 14 (ending on 3 April 2020), on 14 April. The results are striking:
Mortality in week 14 of 2020 was nearly 60% higher than if mortality rates were the same as week 14 of 2019.
The increase in deaths was considerably higher than the number of deaths that note COVID-19 on the death certificate.
There may have been over 25,000 more deaths by 13 April 2020 than if mortality rates were the same as in 2019; with almost all of the difference in the past month.”
I remind members that both the SOA and the IFOA have a lot of current information that is both helpful and interesting. These and others are linked on our website’s Resources page.
Feedback welcome.
Thank you.
Shubhash Gosine
The information on this page does not necessarily reflect the opinions, standards or policies of the CAA. Data included in graphs has been obtained from several sources the accuracy of which cannot be guaranteed by the CAA. The CAA assumes no responsibility or liability for the accuracy or completeness of content contained in any linked site.
Betty is working with the webmaster to provide information and resource links on the CAA website. The data which I use in this brief is from Government Information Services in the Caribbean countries where we have substantial membership. We also look at other sources such as Worldometers and John Hopkins as a cross reference. The world data row is from Worldometers.
Our plan is to email information to members and make it available on the website.
I thank Jonathan Wu and Cathy Allen for their feedback.
Here is the current situation in the Caribbean:
Country
Total Cases
Infected
Deaths
Recovered
Date of 1st reported case
World
2,227,678
1,513,272
150,625
563,781
8th December
Jamaica
143
113
5
25
10th March
Bahamas
53
39
8
6
15th March
Trinidad & Tobago
114
86
8
20
12th March
Barbados
75
55
5
15
17th March
Suriname
10
3
1
6
13th March
Curacao
14
3
1
10
13th March
Covid-19 statistics as at April 15th 2020
Comments
Jamaica is the only country of the six to have had new cases; an increase of 18 cases related primarily to the single call centre.
A new testing technique using saliva is being tested for effectiveness. This would help improve the ability to test.
Britain has started a research pool of 5000 persons. The initial results are expected by June.
China has released new data that increases the number of deaths in Wuhan by 50%.
Singapore, who was praised in the early days, is currently struggling.
Iceland, Taiwan, South Korea and Germany are a handful of countries whose measures seem to be working. As we have seen elsewhere, that could change overnight.
Sources of comments are the BBC and the New York Times
I remind members that both the SOA and the IFOA have a lot of current information that is both helpful and interesting. These and others are linked on our website’s Resources page.
The Trinidad and Tobago actuaries are assisting the Government to model their experience and expectations.
An Australian actuary has shared online a simple but effective model that provided preliminary useful information.
Error: the world total yesterday was 2,114,846 not 2,255,996 as shown.
Thanks
Shubhash Gosine
The information on this page does not necessarily reflect the opinions, standards or policies of the CAA. Data included in graphs has been obtained from several sources the accuracy of which cannot be guaranteed by the CAA. The CAA assumes no responsibility or liability for the accuracy or completeness of content contained in any linked site.
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