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Here we chose 9 countries in the Northern hemisphere with contrasting approaches to how they responded to the pandemic (see for example https://www.newscientist.com/article/2251615-is-swedens-coronavirus-strategy-a-cautionary-tale-or-a-success-story/). All except India have high per capita incomes. The countries are:

NamePopulation (K)RegionIncome per capita ($)Pop-Density (Kpop/sq-km)Median Age (yrs)
Canada37742.154N America465100.00441.4
Denmark5792.202N Europe543560.13442.3
Germany83783.942W Europe525560.23546.6
India1380004.39S Asia71660.4228.2
Japan126476.461E Asia420670.33548.2
Sweden10099.265N Europe514050.02241
Taiwan23816.775E Asiaundef0.65842.2
United Kingdom67886.011W Europe449200.27940.8
United States331002.651N America599280.03538.3

Also see Covid-19 - Visualizing the data with Motion Charts#19-VisualizingthedatawithMotionCharts-NordicandBalticcountries8/17/20 for more comparisons between Sweden and other North European countries.

 

confirmed cases linear Y-axisconfirmed/million populationLog10 confirmed/million population

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  • In terms of total confirmed cases the US stands out as the leader with almost 6 million cases.  India is next in line with almost 3.7 million cases. 
  • If one looks at the fraction of a country's population (in terms of cases/.million population) then again the US leads. The runner up is Sweden with about half the cases, followed by the UK, Canada, Germany and Denmark running neck and neck,  India, with Japan at 1/5th of india, but increasing, and Taiwan with about 1/25th of Japan's cases/million population. 
  • Confirmed cases continue to rise noticeably in all countries except Japan
  • The log10 scale plot assists in seeing the differences between Japan and Taiwan.
  • The steepest rises in confirmed cases per day per million population are for the US (~125 confirmed cases/day/million population) and India (~50 confirmed cases/day/million population).
  • Deaths tell a similar story with the US leading with 183K deaths, followed by India with 65K deaths and the UK with 41.5K deaths.
  • Deaths are still climbing in the US (~2.5/day/million population) and India (~0.6/day/million population) while other countries have pretty much stabilized at under 0.25 deaths/day/million population.
  • The ratio of deaths/confirmed cases is highest for the UK followed by Canada and Sweden, followed by Germany and Denmark. The ratio is dropping with time.

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