Is it about total cases, or just active cases? Victionarier (talk) 15:25, 18 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Victionarier: total confirmed cases. Raphaël Dunant (talk) 09:18, 8 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I notice the Cook Islands are filled in, but no cases have been reported there yet, whereas New Caledonia, which has confirmed cases, is not filled in. Were these mixed up by any chance? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.175.190.112 (talk) 11:48, 23 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

What a sharp observation, Cook Islands had indeed the incorrect value. Thanks. It has been fixed! Raphaël Dunant (talk) 00:42, 24 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There are no cases in Abkhazia, it should be decolorized. The woman who has been diagnosed is treated in Georgia and was only passing through Abkhazia on her way from Russia to Georgia. She also has Georgian citizenship. source in Russian --Extended Cut (talk) 21:52, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

 Done. Thank you. Raphaël Dunant (talk) 09:54, 8 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Should be Kuwait, not Kuweit. Good map nonetheless.122.174.180.211 (talk) 01:47, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Corrected, thanks for noticing! Raphaël Dunant (talk) 08:41, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I think the areas for the Donetsk & Luhansk People's Republic should only be the occupied areas, not the entire claimed Oblast (state), since the unoccupied areas are reported as part of Ukraine's numbers. --17jiangz1 (talk) 00:01, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You are correct, thanks for the remark. the map only displays the occupied area (as it can clearly be seen for Luhanks). Raphaël Dunant (talk) 09:16, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Oh sorry, didn't notice that, thanks for the good work! --17jiangz1 (talk) 15:06, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There was at least one other time in the past month, if I remember it correctly, when China was split up into provincial divisions. It was reverted after just one day, and so there was only one color for the whole of mainland China. Then yesterday, China and some other large countries were split up again. Was there a new consensus for doing that? I do understand that such countries may have their subdivisions affected differently. LSGH (talk) (contributions) 11:05, 27 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The consensus is that there should not be only China being split up. Instead, Countries should be split up based on a common criteria. The current criteria is that countries bigger than 3 mio square kilometers are split into their first level administrative division. This provides a balance between information transmitted and maintainability. If we divided every country into their first level administrative division, then it would not be possible to maintain the map up to date as it would require way too much work. On the other hand, having immensely large country such as Russia being in one color hides the information of the corona cases. Raphaël Dunant (talk) 11:36, 27 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

But technically all nations are 'hiding" information of the corona cases if subdivisions arent shown. Australia is huge but has a smaller population then many smaller nations this argument makes no sense make all countries equal. Bleach143 (talk) 22:52, 28 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You're right, all nations are hiding information. It is just more visible for bigger countries. So you suggest that we choose as division criteria the population? For example splitting every country with population over 150 mio? Raphaël Dunant (talk) 11:31, 30 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Bleach143:, @LSGH: I uploaded a new version of the world map with full countries here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:COVID-19_Outbreak_World_Map_per_Capita_with_Full_Countries.svg . Feel free to use it instead wherever you feel like details are not needed (thumnails, etc.). Raphaël Dunant (talk) 10:24, 10 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Great job splitting countries into smaller subdivisions. It helps to show where the epicenters are located. What about doing this for the UK, Spain and Germany? Or would it be too messy and crowded since these countries are relatively small? --Spaastm (talk) 16:37, 30 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Might work with the UK since it only divides into four parts. But in Spain and Germany the divisions would probably be too small. —Arctic Gnome (talk • contribs) 17:08, 30 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Nunavut needs to be painted grey again, their lone case was a false positive. Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/covid-19-nunavut-false-positive-1.5554545 Basser g (talk) 02:12, 5 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Does this image give any valid information besides how much testing is going on in different jurisdictions? Some places tests almost everyone, some doesn't test anyone but persons admitted to hospital care with active corona symptoms. Creuzbourg (talk) 09:24, 9 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It's Wednesday, 2020-05-13, but the picture description says 2020-03-17. Can we get the actual date of the latest data used? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cryout (talk • contribs) 17:27, 13 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The date you are referring to is the date of the first version of the file. Thank you for your remark, I have added an explanation next to it. For the date of the current file, it is displayed in bold in the file description. Raphaël Dunant (talk) 15:57, 16 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A border needs to be put on the map in Western Sahara according to how it is de facto controlled, and then the part governed by SADR should be decolorized. --Extended Cut (talk) 22:15, 13 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

done. Raphaël Dunant (talk) 10:47, 23 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Moved from Talk:COVID-19 pandemic

The "Map of confirmed cases per capita" incorrectly colours islands to the East of James Bay (Canada) and North East of Hudson Bay with the same shade of the province of Quebec. It also colours islands to the South West of James Bay with the same colour of Ontario. Both are incorrect. Every island on James Bay and the larger Hudson Bay are part of the territory of Nunavut.

All Canadian islands on the Hudson Bay as well as James Bay should be of the colour of Nunavut Territory.

Can you please correct the map? Thanks!

Verification notes: There is extensive documentation on wikipedia's maps of Quebec, Ontario and Nunavut. Also the government of Canada indicates this clearly

Map for Elections Canada: https://www.elections.ca/res/cir/maps2/mapprov.asp?map=62001&lang=e

GeoGratis.gc.ca: http://ftp.maps.canada.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/vector/index/html/geospatial_product_index_en.html#link (Select Theme>Vector>CanVec Series - Administrative features) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 45.41.171.178 (talk) 10:35, 20 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Gajmar (talk) 23:25, 22 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

See: COVID-19 count back to zero after presumptive case found to be negative Sladnick (talk) 11:46, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

 Done. Raphaël Dunant (talk) 08:07, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I've noticed that the Nenents Autonomous Okrug in Russia hat quite a few new cases in the last week and should have been in the "3 to 10 per 1000" category for a while now (they're well over 5). Am I missing something? In the Russia article it's the same btw.

thanks, keep up the good work Benson.by (talk) 13:15, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

 Done. Raphaël Dunant (talk) 08:07, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

id="title3056">Brazil</title><path

on the link:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/COVID-19_Outbreak_World_Map_per_Capita.svg

200.68.142.26 (talk) 06:48, 27 July 2020 (UTC) baden k.[reply]

This is the title of the first country in the file, not the title of the whole map. This "title" property allows the mouseover to display the country name. Raphaël Dunant (talk) 08:07, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You're doing excellent work, and I realise it's difficult to keep up with the changes, but Hawaii should have been in the 3-10 cases category several days ago and still isn't... Grutness...wha? 14:38, 17 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Also Florida and Louisiana should be moved into the 30+ category. Alex of Canada (talk) 23:24, 19 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Florida is still only at 27.19. Sladnick (talk) 05:45, 20 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

According to the Wikipedia article for Florida it shows it as 2,961 per 100,000 with 569,637 cases. Florida currently has 584,047 so the rate would now be 3,036. In Louisiana it's 3,069. Alex of Canada (talk) 08:55, 20 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

 Done. With the increase in cases, Florida and Louisiana are now in the 30+ cases per 100,000 category and Hawaii in the 3-10 per 100,000 category. Raphaël Dunant (talk) 08:07, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Bonaire is colored in but there are no reported cases there as of today. Keystroke (talk) 09:10, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, you are correct, there is no cases as of today in Bonaire. However, the dot on the map represents the BES Islands. And as of today, there has been 2 cases confirmed in the BES Islands (in Sint Eustatius to be exact). Thanks for the remark. Raphaël Dunant (talk) 19:02, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

So shouldn't there be a dot in the place of Sint Eustatius instead? It is not in the right place right now. 82.75.130.17 (talk) 08:44, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

In case of multiple Islands in the same country administrative division, the dot is placed on the island with the most population. Thanks for the question. Raphaël Dunant (talk) 09:13, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

However, these islands don't belong to the same country administrative division. They are separate island muncipalities. So grouping them together, and placing a dot on the wrong island, isn't correct. If you do however want to group them together for convenience, you could do that under the name Carribean Netherlands, which is sometimes used officialy. However, this is only a name and should not be seen as an administrative division. 82.75.130.17 (talk) 10:33, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

And yet the World Health Organization reports them together as "Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba" in their Situation Reports. --MarioGom (talk) 00:26, 14 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Argentina is the 8th largest country in the World by size, and 98% percent of the cases are located in the Capital City Buenos Aires and it's surrounding satellite cities known as the Greater Buenos Aires. I believe these are enough reasons to split the country in the map so as to be realistic on the distribution of cases.--181.229.89.100 (talk) 21:13, 24 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The current criteria for splitting countries is exceeding either 3 million km² or 200 million people. That's 7 countries for each, resulting 10 countries in total. I was thinking about lowering it, allowing 9 countries for each criteria, thus adding Kazakhstan, Argentina and Bangladesh, but so far decided not to due to the stress of updating the map daily. Gajmar (talk) 12:08, 8 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Will be great if somebody put Argentina provinces in the map. Thanks!

Should the number of cases go by each state of Mexico instead? It is one of the most populous nations in the world slightly ahead of Japan. Also it is one of the top ten most infected countries in the COVID-19 pandemic. 2605:E000:100D:C571:E0A0:848E:577F:F036 (talk) 21:43, 23 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It would be great if someone added the Mexican states in the map for the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico. Thanks. 2601:88:8101:E300:648C:DFBA:37A5:B4D (talk) 23:10, 25 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]