“The next four weeks are crucial. The road is very bumpy,” said Dr. S.K. Sarin, director of New Delhi’s Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences.
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Liste→ Hoax figures circulate in online posts about South Korea’s reported coronavirus cases
Multiple posts on Facebook and in Naver Blogs claim that South Korea has reported more than 600 domestic cases of the novel coronavirus on November 18, 2020. The claim is false; official figures released by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Ag
Snopes→ Did George Clooney Give Each of His 14 Best Friends Suitcases Filled with $1 Million?
It pays to be close to the Hollywood actor.
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ The U.S. sees record numbers of daily new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in November 2020
REVIEW Scientists and news outlets sounded the alarm on the rising number of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths in the U.S in the beginning of November 2020 (see here, here, and here). A 12 November 2020 tweet by NBC News journalist Ali Ve
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Claim that high PCR test sensitivity inflates COVID-19 cases wrongly conflates the issue of contagiousness with the presence of infection
REVIEW An article published by Just the News on 8 November 2020 claims that “many patients may have been receiving false-positive test results” and that “the numbers of COVID-19 cases reported by public health authorities and major COVID track
Snopes→ Texas Tops 1 Million Cases As COVID-19 Surge Engulfs the US
Texas became the first state with more than 1 million confirmed COVID-19 cases, and California closed in on that mark as a surge of coronavirus infections engulfs the country from coast to coast.
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ A rise in the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths starting in September 2020 contradicts the claim by Michael Yeadon that “the pandemic is fundamentally over in the U.K.”
REVIEW This video by talkRADIO, a national talk radio station in the U.K., was uploaded to YouTube on 5 November 2020 and went viral on Facebook, receiving more than 93,000 views. The video features a conversation between talk show host Julia Hartle
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Suitcases And Coolers Rolled Into Secure Counting Area Of Detroit Voting Center At 4 AM Was NOT Election Fraud
Did a person outside a Detroit voting center at 4 a.m. witness and capture on videotape someone doing something sneaky or illegal under the cover of night? No, that's not true: This person saw an employee of ABC's Channel 7, WXYZ Detroit
Snopes→ England to Enter New Lockdown; UK Virus Cases Pass 1 Million
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a new month-long lockdown for England after being warned that without tough action a resurgent coronavirus outbreak will overwhelm hospitals in weeks.
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Fewer flu cases observed in the start of this year’s flu season than in previous years, but Donald Trump Jr.’s tweet suggesting data manipulation is unsupported and cites inaccurate figures
REVIEW The COVID-19 pandemic introduces an element of uncertainty regarding the dynamics of this year’s flu season. Although scientists expressed concerns about the simultaneous occurrence of the pandemic and the flu, they also observed a curious
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Proof That Flu Cases Are ‘Down 98% Across The Globe’
Are flu cases "down 98% across the globe"? That's unclear: Lead Stories could find no evidence to support a Twitter user's un-bolstered claim that cases fell 98% worldwide. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report shows a
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Claims that flu cases are used to inflate COVID-19 case counts are misleading, based on inaccurate numbers
REVIEW Facebook posts which show a screenshot from The Ingraham Angle, a television talk show on Fox News Channel, displaying the caption “flu cases down 95%” went viral in mid-October 2020. The screenshot purportedly shows the number of flu cas
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Withhold Evidence In Two Death Row Cases; She Did NOT Jail 1,500 Black Men For Weed Possession
Did Kamala Harris withhold evidence on two Black men who were on death row, then release the evidence after they were executed? No, that's not true. And did Harris, former attorney general of California, jail over 1,500 Black men for poss
FactCheck.org→ Uganda’s Low COVID-19 Cases Due to Restrictions, Not Hydroxychloroquine
Quick Take Uganda has had relatively low numbers of COVID-19 cases and deaths — but not because of hydroxychloroquine, as an article on social media claims. Uganda’s guidelines initially included the use of the drug as an experimental medicatio
TruthOrFiction→ ‘There’s More Cases of Covid in the White House Than in All of New Zealand’
After news broke of U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump testing positive for COVID-19, a viral tweet contrasted the spate of positive tests in the White House outstripped the rate of positive tests in all of New Zealand: There
Full Fact - All content→ Ordinary colds and flu aren’t the reason for rising Covid-19 cases
“It's NOT a SECOND WAVE of C19 coming soon. It's the NORMAL COLD / FLU SEASON. Same as last year.” Facebook post, 1 September 2020 A post on Facebook says that there is not an approaching “second wave” of Covid-19 infections.
Snopes→ COVID-19 Cases Rising Among US Children as Schools Reopen
Children of all ages now make up 10% of all U.S cases, up from 2% in April.
Full Fact - All content→ It’s wrong to say that only 3% of Covid-19 cases are caused by restaurants and pubs
“PUBS and restaurants caused less than three per cent of coronavirus infections in the week before the 10pm curfew, official data shows.” The Sun, 27 September 2020 The Sun, the Daily Star and the Telegraph have all claimed that pubs and re
Snopes→ Virus Cases Rise in US Heartland, Home to Anti-Mask Feelings
It began with devastation in the New York City area, followed by a summertime crisis in the Sun Belt. Now the coronavirus outbreak is heating up fast in smaller cities in the heartland, often in conservative corners of America where anti-mask sentiment
Liste→ False claim circulates online that Australian TV network predicted coronavirus cases in state of Victoria
An image has been shared thousands of times in multiple Facebook and Instagram posts that claim it shows Australian television network 7 News accurately predicted coronavirus case numbers for the state of Victoria on Sunday, September 13. The claim
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Assessment of the evolution of the number of COVID-19 cases is based on SARS-CoV-2 specific test. No confusion with flu or common cold is possible.
REVIEW Claims circulated in early September 2020 stating that the common cold or flu can be mistaken for COVID-19, suggesting that current and future cases of COVID-19 should instead be attributed to common cold or flu. Posts making these claims pro
Top Fact Checks→ COVID-19 weekly cases recorded high in England since the Test and Trace system is launched.
The weekly number of new COVID-19 cases has reached high between August 27 and September 02, since the launch of Test and Trace.
Snopes→ Was Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Responsible for 250K Coronavirus Cases?
A non-peer reviewed paper took off on the internet ... and then came the critics.
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Misinterpreted New York Times report leads to false claim that the number of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. is inflated by up to 90%
REVIEW The claim that the U.S. has an inflated COVID-19 case count due to the sensitivity of the diagnostic PCR test for the virus that causes COVID-19 has been published in several media outlets including One America News Network, The Blaze, Red St
Top Fact Checks→ India has recorded its worst-ever single-day spike of about 75,995 coronavirus cases.
India has recorded around 75,760 new cases of COVID-19, and it is the biggest rise recorded in a single day.
Snopes→ Republican Convention Showcases Rising Stars, Dark Warnings
The opening night of the four-day convention reflected the rising urgency fueling the Trump campaign with Election Day just 10 weeks away.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The CDC Did NOT Predict An Outbreak Of AFM Cases To Cover Up Anticipated Future Vaccine Injuries
Did the CDC predict an outbreak of AFM (acute flaccid myelitis) cases to cover up anticipated future vaccine injuries from the COVID-19 vaccine and flu shot? No, that's not true: The CDC has been tracking AFM cases since 2014. AF
Snopes→ Global Coronavirus Cases Top 20 Million as Russia Approves Vaccine
It took six months to get to 10 million cases after the virus first appeared. It took just over six weeks for that number to double.
Snopes→ US Tops 5 Million Confirmed Virus Cases, To Europe’s Alarm
Perhaps nowhere outside the U.S. is America’s bungled virus response viewed with more consternation than in Italy, which was ground zero of Europe’s epidemic.
Snopes→ ‘See You in Court’: ACLU Files Nearly 400 Cases Against Trump
The ACLU has filed nearly 400 lawsuits and other legal actions against the Trump administration, some meeting with setbacks but many resulting in important victories.
Full Fact - All content→ How to check coronavirus cases near you
If you live in England, it is easy to check how many cases of Covid-19 are being reported in your area each day. The government publishes this information every afternoon, along with other data, on its coronavirus dashboard. How to check First, v
TruthOrFiction→ ‘New Zealand Rugby Game Today as We Have No COVID Cases’
On July 26 2020, a post to Reddit’s r/Damnthatsinteresting purportedly showed images from a rugby game in New Zealand on the same day, in a stadium full of fans — because the country has successfully suppressed COVID-19: New Zea
Snopes→ Does Googling Any 3-Digit Number Followed by ‘New Cases’ Reveal COVID-19 Conspiracy?
On the contrary, testing this conspiracy theory actually proves the opposite of what it imagines.
Snopes→ Alarm Over New Virus Outbreaks as India Cases Pass 1 Million
Local governments are frantically trying to quash outbreaks and keep their economies running as the pandemic spreads in the vast countryside.
Snopes→ Brazil Tops 2 Million Coronavirus Cases, with 76,000 Dead
Since late May, Brazil has recorded more than 1,000 daily deaths on average in a gruesome plateau that has yet to tilt downward.
Liste→ Misinformation circulates in Thailand about new plague cases in China
Multiple Facebook posts shared thousands of times claim new cases of plague have been detected in China and there are “no treatments” to cure it. The posts also warn the plague could become an epidemic that is more serious than the novel coronavir
Snopes→ Florida Reports Largest Single-Day Increase in COVID Cases
Florida shattered the national record for the largest single-day increase in positive coronavirus cases in any state since the beginning of the pandemic, adding more than 15,000 cases as its daily average death toll continued to also rise.
TruthOrFiction→ ‘New Cases, Yesterday: Germany: 298, Denmark: 10, Norway: 11, Sweden: 57 — United States: 55,442’
On July 8 2020, Twitter user Brian Klass shared the following post in response to President Trump’s tweets about reopening American schools — purportedly demonstrating the number of new cases on July 7 2020 in the United States and four Eu
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Trump falsely claims 99% of COVID-19 cases are ‘totally harmless’
PolitiFact and MediaWise are teaming up to debunk misinformation about the coronavirus crisis. To have Coronavirus Facts delivered to your inbox weekly, click here. I hope you enjoyed the Fourth of July weekend. While I spent time visiting with family
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ The June 2020 spike in U.S. COVID-19 cases indicates a rising percentage of infections and is not simply an artifact of more testing
REVIEW Dozens of Facebook posts circulated on social media in late June and early July 2020 claiming that the spike in the number of reported COVID-19 cases in the U.S. during the second half of June 2020 was due to increased testing, and not to an