a.Identify the top 15 countries by ranking the totalnumber of confirmed COVID-19 cases and draw a bar chart. Comment on the chart.

b.Use an appropriate chart to show the share of the number of confirmed cases in the top 15 countries in the world total (combine the rest of the countries as 'Other').

c.As the population sizes are different, to compare the number of confirmed COVID-19 positive cases across countries, considering the number of confirmed cases per 1,000,000 persons would provide a better comparison across countries. For the top 15 countries identified in part a, calculate the total number of confirmed cases per 1,000,000 persons. Sort the data from largest to smallest and draw a bar chart of number of confirmed cases per 1,000,000 over countries for the top 15 countries. Comment on the chart and compare it with the bar chart in part a.

d.Identify the top 15 countries by ranking the totalnumber of COVID-19 deaths and draw a bar chart. Comment on the chart.

e.Use an appropriate chart to show the share of the number of deaths in the top 15 countries in the world total (combine the rest of the countries as 'Other').

f.As the population sizes are different, to compare the number of COVID-19 related deaths across countries, considering the number of deaths per 1,000,000 persons would provide a better comparison across countries. For the top 15 countries identified in part d, calculate the total number of deaths per 1,000,000 persons. Sort the data from largest to smallest and draw a bar chart of number of deaths per 1,000,000 over countries for the top 15 countries. Comment on the chart and compare it with the bar chart in part e.

g.Obtain the proportion (in percentage) of number of COVID-19 related deaths per number of COVID-19 cases for each country. Identify the top 15 countries with the highest percentage among all countries and present them in a bar chart. Compare your results with the results in part f.

h.Based on your analysis above in parts c, f and g, in your opinion, comment on which countries have been successful and which countries are of concern in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic with respect to number of cases and deaths.

Number of confirmed COVID-19 positive cases, COVID-19 related deaths and population by country as at 24 April 2021 Confirmed COVID-19 Cases per Deaths per Deaths per No Country COVID-19 cases deaths Population* 1,000,000 1,000,000 confirmed case (%) 1 Afghanistan 58730 2572 39943186 1470.3 64.4 2 Albania 130270 2367 2871801 45361.8 824.2 3 Algeria 120562 3190 44669558 2699.0 71.4 Andorra 13007 124 77406 168036.1 1601.9 5 Angola 25279 574 33959126 744.4 16.9 6 Antigua & Barbuda 1222 31 98742 12375.7 313.9 7 Argentina 2796768 60620 45608318 61321.4 1329.1 8 Armenia 212878 4001 2967650 71732.9 1348.2 9 Aruba 10469 95 107157 97697.8 386.5 10 Australia 29639 910 25781041 1149.6 35.3 11 Austria 601188 9806 9023695 66623.3 1086.7 12 Azerbaijan 309789 4307 10226104 30293.9 421.2 13 Bahamas 9976 196 396916 25133.8 493.8 14 Bahrain 169254 617 1734708 97569.2 355.7 15 Bangladesh 739703 10869 166360023 4446.4 65.3 16 Barbados 3806 44 287605 13233.4 153.0 17 Belarus 350221 2473 9437087 37111.1 262.1 18 Belgium 968107 23954 11619637 83316.5 2061.5 19 Belize 12596 320 405175 31087.8 789.8 20 Benin 7720 97 12461566 619.5 7.8 21 Bermuda 2284 23 62127 36763.4 370.2 22 Bhutan 1008 1 780161 1292.0 1.3 23 Bolivia 294391 12758 11839421 24865.3 1077.6 24 Bonaire 1527 15 20915 73010.1 717.2 25 Bosnia & Herzegovina 194733 8203 3267902 59589.6 2510.2