Covid For Mac

We were all hoping the Coronavirus outbreak would blow over in a few weeks, but it seems we're going to be stuck in our homes for quite a bit longer. While we may never know how many people have been infected, as a large number of cases are asymptomatic, tracking the official data is quite easy.

The Covid Mac app is meant to replace the web-based resources many of us are relying on at the moment. It aggregates all the available statistics, along with the latest news, and makes them all available from your menu bar.

Most people are only interested in the numbers, and this app makes it incredibly easy to keep track of them. You can view the total number of infections, deaths, and recoveries, for the current day or since the start of the outbreak, and data for individual countries is also available.

Users can keep track of a certain statistic by pinning it to the menu bar. The number of infections, deaths, and recoveries recorded in a specific country can be added to the menu for easy monitoring. One small issue is that the country list can't be ordered alphabetically, which makes it tricky to find the right one.

Aside from the numbers, the app also provides quick access to news from several reputable sources, such as CNN, The Washington Post, and CBS News. You can choose whether or not to display them in the app's menu, along with live updates on case numbers from around the world.

The application also includes a few graphs that can help you assess the epidemic in terms of the total number of new cases, deaths, and remaining infections per day. However, these are only available for the whole world, not country-specific.

This information may be available for free on the web, but the convenience of having it all in one place, in your menu bar, may be worth the app's price. If anything, you won't have to pay for a subscription, but I hope the lifetime license won't be necessary for anywhere near that long.