Snapshot of COVID-19 context at time of interviews
| Interview date | Worldwide* | Country | Region | |||||
| Cases | Deaths | Place | Cases | Deaths | Place | Cases | Deaths | |
| 24 April 2020 | 2 719 522 | 191 228 | Australia* | 6657 | 76 | Victoria‡ | 1342 | 16 |
| 24 April 2020 | USA* | 869 172 | 49 963 | Pennsylvania* | 38 379 | 1724 | ||
| 24 April 2020 | Canada* | 43 286 | 2241 | Quebec (Montreal)* | 21 838 | 1243 | ||
| 25 April 2020 | 2 812 557 | 197 506 | USA* | 905 333 | 51 949 | New York* | 271 590 | 21 411 |
| 25 April 2020 | India* | 24 530 | 780 | Maharashtra¶ | 6430 | 283 | ||
| 27 April 2020 | 2 981 592 | 206 803 | Singapore* | 14 423 | 12 | Singapore* | 14 423 | 12 |
| 28 April 2020 | 3 052 245 | 211 350 | UK*† | 145 993 | 25 302 | London** | 27 112 | 5416 |
| 29 April 2020 | 3 126 806 | 217 555 | Japan* | 13 736 | 394 | Saitama¶ | 851 | 30 |
| 29 April 2020 | Nigeria* | 1532 | 44 | Lagos¶ | 844 | 19 | ||
| 30 April 2020 | 3 206 333 | 227 847 | Turkey* | 117 589 | 3081 | Anatolia†† | – | – |
| 1 May 2020 | 3 267 867 | 233 560 | Nigeria* | 1932 | 58 | Oyo¶ | 23 | 2 |
| 6 May 2020 | 3 677 165 | 257 454 | Argentina* | 5020 | 264 | Buenos Aires Provence¶ | 1811 | 103 |
| 6 May 2020 | Italy* | 213 013 | 29 315 | Emili-Romagna¶ | 26 275 | 3705 | ||
| 6 May 2020 | South Africa* | 7572 | 148 | Western Cape§ | 3609 | 71 | ||
| 7 May 2020 | 3 768 535 | 264 109 | Canada* | 64 694 | 4336 | Ontario (Hamilton)* | 19 910 | 1560 |
| 7 May 2020 | USA* | 1 228 609 | 73 431 | Minnesota* | 9365 | 508 | ||
| 8 May 2020 | 3 861 697 | 269 867 | Spain† | 256 855 | 26 070 | Madrid¶ | 64 333 | 8552 |
| 19 May 2020 | 4 819 959 | 318 833 | Switzerland* | 30 597 | 1886 | Vaud¶ | 5503 | 389 |