Coronavirus Infections Tracking Website Launched by Microsoft
There are at least 3,244 confirmed cases of a novel coronavirus in the US and at least 61 deaths.
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While Google is still working on a coronavirus screening and tracking website, the Microsoft Bing team has already launched a web portal for tracking COVID-19 infections worldwide.
The website, accessible at bing.com/covid, provides up-to-date infection statistics for each country.
The COVID-19 Tracker currently lists 168,835 as total confirmed cases, 84,558 active cases, 77,761 recovered cases and 6,516 deaths.
There are at least 3,244 confirmed cases of a novel coronavirus in the US and at least 61 deaths.
An interactive map allows site visitors to click on the country to see the specific number of cases and related articles from a variety of publishers.
Data is being aggregated from sources like the World Health Organization (WHO), the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
Microsoft announced the website two days after US President Donald Trump said Google has begun working on the COVID-19-related portal for US citizens.
Google's website is being built by Verily, a subsidiary of Alphabet focused on healthcare services.
"More than 1,700 engineers are currently working on the site", Trump said during a press briefing last week.
The tool will triage people who are concerned about their COVID-19 risk into testing sites based on guidance from public health officials and test availability.
Initially, there was some confusion on Google's coronavirus portal but the company later announced that it is "partnering with the US Government in developing a nationwide website that includes information about COVID-19 symptoms, risk, and testing information."
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