Comparison of Covid-19 deaths in the UK and Italy

Deaths since day of first reported death, logarithmic scale

10,000

News leaks that swathes of the

north would be locked down

Bars and shops

close

Italy

5,476

1,000

Schools and universities

shut

UK

281

100

Pubs and restaurants close

Schools shut

10

1

Day 0

5

10

15

20

25

30

10,000

News leaks that swathes of the

north would be locked down

Bars and shops

close

Italy

5,476

1,000

Schools and universities

shut

UK

281

100

Pubs and restaurants close

Schools shut

10

1

Day 0

5

10

15

20

25

30

10,000

News leaks that swathes of the

north would be locked down

Bars and shops close

Italy

5,476

1,000

Schools and universities shut

UK

281

100

Pubs and restaurants close

Schools shut

10

1

Day 0

5

10

15

20

25

30

Guardian graphic. Source: Johns Hopkins CSSE. Note: Numbers rely on publicly available data from multiple sources, which do not always agree. Data as of 2359 GMT on 22 March