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Updated on June 3 , 2021 (This is the last update.) The four graphs below show, for selected countries, daily COVID-19 cases, daily COVID-19 deaths, daily COVID-19 Case Mortality rate, and Days to Double. Data is from worldometer.info . The graph below shows the 7 day moving average of daily cases of COVID-19. The graph below shows the 7 day moving average of daily COVID-19 deaths. The graph below shows the 7 day moving average of the daily case mortality rate from COVID-19 -- the number of reported daily deaths divided by the number of reported daily cases expressed as a percent. In the U.S., it has increased from less than 1% in November to over 3.5% in early February. The graph below shows the days required for the total number of cases to double. A higher days-to-double is better. The graphs will be updated daily.  John L. Ferri jlferri@epix.net

       Photo credit: Brianne Ostrander (Daily Review/AP) Chad Salsman, District Attorney for Bradford County, was arrested on February 3rd by Pennsylvania State Police and charged as follows:  3 counts for sexual assault, 12 for witness/victim intimidation, 2 for promoting or encouraging prostitution, 2 for obstruction of law, and 5 for indecent assault. Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced the charges in a press conference at the Bradford County Courthouse after they were handed down by the 45th Statewide Investigating Grand Jury. Shapiro said that Salsman has been investigated for "routinely assaulting women that he represented as a private attorney," prior to being elected as District Attorney in 2020. His bail was set at $500,000. He paid the required 10%, and was released later the same day as the arrest. Shapiro stated that, “Five women, independent of one another, experienced the same pattern of advances, coercion, and assault at the hands of Mr. Salsm