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Here we chose 9 countries in the Northern hemisphere with contrasting approaches to how they responded to the pandemic. See

(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)Covid-19 information
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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Canada

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/coronavirus-canada-united-states/2020/07/14/0686330a-c14c-11ea-b4f6-cb39cd8940fb_story.html

Denmark5792.202N Europe543560.13442.3https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Denmark
Germany83783.942W Europe525560.23546.6https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Germany
India1380004.39S Asia71660.4228.2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_India

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistics_of_COVID-19_pandemic_in_India

Japan126476.461E Asia420670.33548.2https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Japan
Sweden10099.265N Europe514050.02241

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Sweden

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2251615-is-swedens-coronavirus-strategy-a-cautionary-tale-or-a-success-story/

Sweden10099.265N Europe514050.02241

Taiwan23816.775E Asia224970.65842.2.2https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Taiwan
United Kingdom67886.011W Europe449200.27940.8https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom
United States331002.651N America599280.03538.3https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States

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.

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In terms of deaths/confirmed the Unites States drops to 55th highest among 179 countries.

Daily cases 7/31/2020

Looking in more details the leading countries by confirmed cases per day per 1000 population on July 31st were:

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