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- The first confirmed case is for the US on 1/22/20 followed by France on 1/24/20, Germany on 1/27/20 and Italy 1/31/20.
- The first death was for Italy on 2/21/20 (at this time 20 confirmed cases had been recorded for Italy) followed by the US on 2/28 (at this time 24 cases had been recorded for the US).
- In confirmed cases per million population, the US leads the European countries by a wide margin. The runner up is Spain followed closely by Belgium.
- It is noticeable that all 8 European Union countries flattened the curve of confirmed cases/million population in early May and held it until July with Romania being the first of the 8 EU to experience a renewed increase. The US has on the other has has yet to substantially flatten its curve.
- Looking at the deaths/million population, Belgium leads followed by Spain and Italy, with the US rapidly catching up with Italy. Poland and Germany have the lowest deaths/million population.
- All countries have passed the peak of deaths/confirmed cases with Italy having recently taken the lead from Belgium and France. The US and Poland have the lowest deaths/confirmed.
- In terms of confirmed cases /day/million population, the US has long held the lead peaking around the end of the 3rd week in July. It was overtaken by Spain which has seen a steep rise in daily confirmed cases starting the 2nd week of July. France has also seen steep rise since the start of August and is now in 3rd place. The other countries appear to have halted the second rise in daily confirmed cases/million population that started early July.
- Looking at the deaths/day/million population all countries had an initial peak between in March or April, the first to peak being Italy and Spain.
- Following the drop after the peaks, the US has held the lead since the end of May. By early September Romania was catching the US, while the other countries, apart from Spain, were recording almost an order of magnitude fewer deaths/day/million population.
Southern Hemisphere countries with big outbreaks 9/2/2020
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