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Guess who’s been off work sick the last few days? Yep, me! Sorry to disappoint you all but I just have the good old fashioned flu. I discussed it on the phone with the doctor today as it is protocol not to just turn up at the GP’s office with flu symptoms. He said I can come in to his office in the morning. But man do I feel like shit. I spent most of last night getting sick and my stomach and throat are in bits today. Meh I hate all these viruses they are not my friends.

Ireland’s ESC entry: Lesley Roy - Story of my Life

Hungary with their first confirmed cases (2 new cases).

Faroe Islands are off the mark with 1 confirmed case.

Ireland just confirmed a second case... female who travelled from northern Italy.

Faroe Islands is standing strong!

Morocco with their first confirmed case.

Yes it is but let's face it, you can't always have a bar of soap and water handy with you at all times... hence why hand sanitizers are all the rage The ironic thing is, my skin cracks up when I use alcohol-based hand sanitizers so I'll stick to the soap and water

Spain became the 10th nation to register more than 100 confirmed cases. United States is on the brink of becoming the next to reach 100.

Of the nations who already had cases, Vietnam, Philippines, Cambodia, Nepal and Sri Lanka no longer have any active cases so are theoretically free of Coronavirus for the time being...

As well as Indonesia, Portugal and Andorra, today also saw the first confirmed cases in Jordan, Latvia, Senegal, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia.

We were all issued with hand sanitizers today at work. Considering the shops are all sold out of these, I feel like I have been given a piece of treasure

Jazzu is the second....Germany's winning artist at TISC Annual 2014, Adel Tawil, returned one year later in 2015 in an attempt to retain the title.

Indonesia confirmed their first 2 cases today.

Here is the latest table of confirmed cases per nation / territoty courtesy of worldometers Country, Other Total Cases New Cases Total Deaths New Deaths Active Cases Total Recovered Serious, Critical China 79,828 +4 2,870 34,844 42,114 7,365 S. Korea 3,736 +586 21 +4 3,685 30 10 Italy 1,694 +566 34 +5 1,577 83 140 Iran 978 +385 54 +11 749 175 Diamond Princess 705 7 +1 688 10 36 Japan 256 +15 6 +1 218 32 19 France 130 +30 2 116 12 9 Germany 129 +50 113 16 2 Singapore 106 +4 32 74 7 Hong Kong 100 +5 2 62 36 6 Spain 84 +26 82 2 3 USA 73 +5 1 63 9 4 Bahrain 47 +6 47 Kuwait 46 +1 46 Thailand 42 1 +1 11 30 1 Taiwan 40 +1 1 27 12 1 U.K. 36 +13 28 8 Malaysia 29 +4 7 22 Australia 27 +2 1 +1 11 15 Switzerland 24 +5 23 1 U.A.E. 21 16 5 2 Canada 20 16 4 Iraq 19 +6 19 Norway 19 +4 19 Vietnam 16 0 16 Austria 14 +4 14 Sweden 14 +1 14 Macao 10 4 6 Israel 10 +3 9 1 Lebanon 10 +3 10 Netherlands 10 +3 10 1 Croatia 7 +1 7 Greece 7 7 Finland 6 +3 5 1 Oman 6 5 1 Mexico 5 +1 5 Denmark 4 +1 4 Pakistan 4 4 Philippines 3 1 0 2 Azerbaijan 3 3 Czechia 3 +3 3 Georgia 3 3 Iceland 3 +2 3 India 3 0 3 Qatar 3 +2 3 Romania 3 2 1 Algeria 2 +1 2 Belgium 2 +1 1 1 Brazil 2 2 Russia 2 0 2 Afghanistan 1 1 Armenia 1 +1 1 Belarus 1 1 Cambodia 1 0 1 Dominican Republic 1 +1 1 Ecuador 1 1 1 Egypt 1 0 1 Estonia 1 1 Ireland 1 1 Lithuania 1 1 Luxembourg 1 1 North Macedonia 1 1 Monaco 1 1 Nepal 1 0 1 New Zealand 1 1 Nigeria 1 1 San Marino 1 1 1 Sri Lanka 1 0 1 Total: 88,362 1,749 3,001 24 42,633 42,728 7,608

Both Germany and Hong Kong breached the 100 cases threshold today. That's 9 nations / territories with over 100 cases now. Spain or USA are mostly likely to be the next to reach that unwanted milestone.

It's one of America's states, on the north-east coast (New England).

Dominican Republic with their first confirmed case.

Try to recruit some new Saudi members for the forum when you are there

Armenia with their first case confirmed.

Just Germany, Serbia and Tunisia left to publish their songs and who knows, we might have a surprise late entrant from another nation too

Finally, 2019 was the most active year on record in terms of posts with a new record total of 78606 being set in 2019 (+1116 on the previous record of 2018 which was 77490)..... New Record Alert!! Most posts in a year: 78606 2019

User Group and Active User Statistics Totallympics User Groups Statistics Number of Registered Users 697 Number of Users in User Group: Newbie 372 Number of Users in User Group: Member 68 Number of Users in User Group: Senior Member 48 Number of Users in User Group: Fanatic 41 Number of Users in User Group: Addicted 58 Number of Users in User Group: Professional 29 Number of Users in User Group: World Class 27 Number of Users in User Group: Bronze Medallist 20 Number of Users in User Group: Silver Medallist 17 Number of Users in User Group: Gold Medallist 2 Number of Users in User Group: Superstar 4 Number of Users in User Group: Legend 1 Number of Users in User Group: Grand Master 0 Number of Users in User Group: G.O.A.T. 0 Number of Users in User Group: Admin / Prediction Contest 10 League Table of Nations per Number of Active Users Updated as of March 1st, 2020 Note: For the purposes of this table, an active user shall be defined as any registered member who has posted something, reacted to another post or updated their profile within the past 12 months. Rank Nation No. of Users 1 India 29 2 Poland 22 4 Great Britain 16 4 Italy 14 5 Brazil 13 5 Bulgaria 13 7 Croatia 12 8 France 11 9 Serbia 10 9 Spain 10 9 United States 10 12 Canada 9 13 Germany 7 13 Hungary 7 13 Netherlands 7 13 Romania 7 17 Sweden 5 18 China 4 18 Czech Republic 4 18 Greece 4 18 Ireland 4 18 Lithuania 4 18 Russia 4 24 Algeria 3 24 Argentina 3 24 Australia 3 24 Egypt 3 24 Philippines 3 24 Slovenia 3 24 Turkey 3 24 Ukraine 3 32 Chile 2 32 Colombia 2 32 Denmark 2 32 Finland 2 32 Kazakhstan 2 32 Mexico 2 32 New Zealand 2 32 Portugal 2 32 Tunisia 2 41 Austria 1 41 Azerbaijan 1 41 Belgium 1 41 Estonia 1 41 Indonesia 1 41 Iran 1 41 Israel 1 41 Japan 1 41 Malta 1 41 Moldova 1 41 Montenegro 1 41 Morocco 1 41 Norway 1 41 Paraguay 1 41 Puerto Rico 1 41 Slovakia 1 41 Switzerland 1 41 Uruguay 1 41 Venezuela 1 41 Vietnam 1 Total Number of Nations Total Number of Users 60 288 Rank Nation No. of Nations No. of Users 1 Europe 35 187 2 Americas 11 45 3 Asia 8 42 4 Africa 4 9 5 Oceania 2 5 India remain at the top of the table in terms of most active users with a total of 29, an increase of 6 since the last update. They are followed by Poland with 22 active users (+2 since the last update) and Great Britain who move into the top 3 for the first time with 16 active users. It was a strong period in terms of activity and we added 2 nations, welcoming back Vietnam to the list of active nations as well as seeing Israel come onboard. India saw the biggest surge, adding 6 users to their active total. 29 active users is the highest total for one nation that we have seen since we started recording this data. In terms of the continental picture we saw increases across the board with Europe adding 15 active users to their total, Asia +9, Americas +4, Africa +1 and Oceania +1. Asia is also hot on the heels of the Americas and we may see them move into second place in the continental list some time this year. Here is the breakdown of active user gains / losses per nation in the latest quarter: Active User Gains: India +6 Brazil +3 France +2 Great Britain +2 Philippines +2 Poland +2 Spain +2 Algeria +1 Australia +1 China +1 Czech Republic +1 Finland +1 Ireland +1 Israel +1 Kazakhstan +1 Lithuania +1 Romania +1 Sweden +1 Turkey +1 Ukraine +1 United States +1 Vietnam +1 Active User Gains: +34 users Active Nation Gains: +2 Nations (Israel, Vietnam) Active User Losses: Bulgaria -2 Iran -2 Egypt -1 Estonia -1 Active User Losses: -6 users Active Nation Losses: 0 Active User Net Gain / Loss: +28 Users Active Nations Net Gain / Loss: +2 Nations

October 2019 - February 2020 Update: Since the last update we have seen another record breaking period on the forum in terms of posts and user activity. October 2019 goes # 9 on the Top 10 Posts per Month Rankings.... Posts Per Month: Top 10 1 August 2016 15731 2 February 2018 12621 3 July 2019 9837 4 September 2019 9676 5 August 2018 9398 6 July 2016 8374 7 June 2016 8287 8 August 2019 8281 9 October 2019 6952 10 July 2018 6933 New monthly records were also set across the board... October 2019 saw 6952 posts, smashing the previous October record of 5900. November 2019 saw 6411 posts, surpassing the previous November record of 6052. December 2019 saw 5418 posts, again smashing the previous December record of 4061. January 2020 saw 6225 posts, surpassing the previous January record of 5667. The only month that didn't set a new record was February, the reason being that February 2018 was during the Winter Olympic and thus this record is not likely to be broken in a non-Winter Olympic month. However, the February 2020 total of 6852 is by far the highest February total outside of the Winter Olympic year. The TISC Open 2019 Grand Final was another busy day on the forum in terms of traffic and posts, and it places 4th on the Top 10 All-Time List in the Posts Per Day rankings.... Posts Per Day: Top 10 All-Time 1 November 18th, 2017 (TISC Grand Final) 1577 2 November 10th, 2018 (TISC Grand Final) 1440 3 April 29th, 2017 (TISC Grand Final) 1387 4 November 2nd, 2019 (TISC Grand Final) 1366 5 April 28th, 2018 (TISC Grand Final) 1351 6 June 4th, 2016 (TISC Grand Final) 1300 7 November 19th, 2016 (TISC Grand Final) 1232 8 August 6th, 2016 1219 9 May 4th, 2019 (TISC Grand Final) 1187 10 September 29th, 2019 928

Luxembourg have also announced their first case.