The First Half of 2020 — According to 35 Featured Hacker Noon Stories

As of today, we've had 50,273 confirmed cases of Covid-19, and 6,113 deaths. The curve appears to have been successfully flattened: In India, they're on 585,000 confirmed cases, 17,400 deaths. In Ukraine, where Software Development Editor Arthur Tkachenko lives, they are on 44,334 cases, and 1,159 deaths, on a steady upward curve: In the United States, where Linh and David Smooke share a home and a daughter, and where 84% of Hacker Noon's readers are located, you have 2,860 million confirmed cases and 129,000 deaths.