Update: Exploring Lockdowns and Mortality in COVID-19

The newest feature in my project, COVID-19 In Perspective, lets you plot the stringency of lockdown measures against new deaths and mortality rates from COVID-19 over time.

According to the Our World In Data project, “the nine metrics used to calculate the Government Stringency Index are: school closures; workplace closures; cancellation of public events; restrictions on public gatherings; closures of public transport; stay-at-home requirements; public information campaigns; restrictions on internal movements; and international travel controls”. The index is rescaled to a value from 0 to 100 (100 = strictest response).

A sample of charts plotted using this tool follow. You can try the tool yourself at https://covidinperspective.com/#/lockdown