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Why is there a 5-day oscillation in the COVID-19 newly confirmed cases?

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Why is there a 5-day oscillation in the COVID-19 newly confirmed cases?
« on: 30/07/2020 17:42:31 »
Edwina asks:

Why is there a prominent 5-day oscillation in the COVID-19 daily newly confirmed cases, globally and locally?

Can anyone answer?
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Re: Why is there a 5-day oscillation in the COVID-19 newly confirmed cases?
« Reply #1 on: 30/07/2020 18:22:01 »
Does Edwina mean 7 day?
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Re: Why is there a 5-day oscillation in the COVID-19 newly confirmed cases?
« Reply #2 on: 31/07/2020 08:40:19 »
Unfortnately, my eyes were wrong. It is indeed 7 days.
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Re: Why is there a 5-day oscillation in the COVID-19 newly confirmed cases?
« Reply #3 on: 31/07/2020 10:33:28 »
It's almost certainly an artifact of the day of the week.
Something like "nobody reports stuff at the weekend- they leave it until Monday- and it  then takes two days to be officially registered" or something.
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