The Microsoft Bing team has launched a web portal for tracking coronavirus (COVID-19) infections across the globe.
“Lots of Bing folks worked (from home) this past week to create a mapping and authoritative news resource for COVID19 info,” said Michael Schechter, General Manager for Bing Growth and Distribution at Microsoft.
The website, accessible at bing.com/covid, is a basic tracker. It shows up-to-date infection statistics for each country around the globe and all the US states.
Data is aggregated from authoritative sources like the World Health Organization (WHO), the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
Users can click countries or US states on the map and see the latest infection stats, along with the latest COVID-19 news coverage for that specific country or state.
Microsoft announced the website yesterday two days after President Trump said Google began working on COVID-19-related portal for US citizens.
