Figure 1The cross-country comparison of case fatality rate (CFR) between different countries (n = 116). The circles showed the countries with highest outbreak and positive cases of COVID-19. Countries with CFR value zero has not been illustrated here.
Figure 2The cross-country comparison of recovery rate (RR) between different countries (n = 116). The circles showed the countries with highest outbreak and positive cases of COVID-19. Countries with RR value zero has not been illustrated here.
Figure 3The cross-country comparison of case fatality rate (CFR) between different known infectious and viral diseases (n = 116). The circles showed the estimated value and the reported range of CFR of COVID-19.
Table 1The comparison of case fatality rate (CFR) and recovery rate (RR) between different countries (n = 116). Only countries with total cases over 1,000 cases depicted (population in million and GDP in trillion USD; n = 116).
Country |
Population |
GDP |
ICU beds per capita |
Total cases |
Total deaths |
Total recovered |
Active cases |
Serious, critical |
Total cases/ 106 population |
Case fatality rate |
Recovery response |
12th March 2020 |
|
China |
1,386 |
12.24 |
3.6 |
80,783 |
3,158 |
61,493 |
16,132 |
4,492 |
56.1 |
3.91 |
76.12 |
Italy |
60.48 |
1.935 |
12.5 |
10,149 |
631 |
1,004 |
8,514 |
877 |
167.9 |
6.22 |
9.89 |
Iran |
81.16 |
0.4395 |
4.2 |
8,042 |
291 |
2,731 |
5,020 |
|
95.7 |
3.62 |
33.96 |
S. Korea |
51.47 |
1.531 |
10.6 |
7,755 |
61 |
288 |
7,406 |
54 |
151.3 |
0.79 |
3.71 |
France |
66.99 |
2.583 |
11.6 |
1,784 |
33 |
12 |
1,739 |
86 |
27.3 |
1.85 |
0.67 |
Spain |
46.66 |
1.311 |
9.7 |
1,695 |
36 |
135 |
1,524 |
101 |
36.3 |
2.12 |
7.96 |
Germany |
82.79 |
3.677 |
29.2 |
1,565 |
2 |
18 |
1,545 |
9 |
18.7 |
0.13 |
1.15 |
USA |
327.2 |
19.39 |
34.7 |
1,010 |
31 |
15 |
964 |
10 |
3.1 |
3.07 |
1.49 |
All countries < 1,000 cases |
--- |
--- |
--- |
6,442 |
56 |
872 |
5,514 |
118 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Total |
--- |
--- |
--- |
119,225 |
4,299 |
66,568 |
48,358 |
5,747 |
15.3 |
3.61 |
55.83 |
|
23rd March 2020 |
|
China |
1386 |
12.24 |
3.6 |
81,093 |
3,270 |
72,703 |
5,120 |
1,749 |
56 |
4/03 |
89/65 |
Italy |
60.48 |
1.935 |
12.5 |
59,138 |
5,476 |
7,024 |
46,638 |
3,000 |
978 |
9/26 |
11/88 |
USA |
327.2 |
19.39 |
34.7 |
33,563 |
420 |
178 |
32,965 |
795 |
101 |
1/25 |
0/53 |
Spain |
46.66 |
1.311 |
9.7 |
28,768 |
1,772 |
2,575 |
24,421 |
1,785 |
615 |
6/16 |
8/95 |
Germany |
82.79 |
3.677 |
29.2 |
24,873 |
94 |
266 |
24,513 |
23 |
297 |
0/38 |
1/07 |
Iran |
81.16 |
0.4395 |
4.2 |
21,638 |
1,685 |
7,913 |
12,040 |
|
258 |
7/79 |
36/57 |
France |
66.99 |
2.583 |
11.6 |
16,018 |
674 |
2,200 |
13,144 |
1,746 |
245 |
4/21 |
13/73 |
S. Korea |
51.47 |
1.531 |
10.6 |
8,961 |
111 |
3,166 |
5,684 |
59 |
175 |
1/24 |
35/33 |
Switzerland |
8.57 |
0.6789 |
11 |
7,474 |
98 |
131 |
7,245 |
141 |
864 |
1/31 |
1/75 |
UK |
66.44 |
2.622 |
6.6 |
5,683 |
281 |
93 |
5,309 |
20 |
84 |
4/94 |
1/64 |
Netherlands |
17.18 |
0.8262 |
6.4 |
4,204 |
179 |
2 |
4,023 |
354 |
245 |
4/26 |
0/05 |
Austria |
8.822 |
0.4166 |
21.8 |
3,582 |
16 |
9 |
3,557 |
15 |
398 |
0/45 |
0/25 |
Belgium |
11.4 |
0.4927 |
15.9 |
3,401 |
75 |
263 |
3,063 |
288 |
293 |
2/21 |
7/73 |
Norway |
5.368 |
0.3988 |
8 |
2,385 |
7 |
6 |
2,372 |
28 |
440 |
0/29 |
0/25 |
Sweden |
10.12 |
0.538 |
5.8 |
1,934 |
21 |
16 |
1,897 |
76 |
191 |
1/09 |
0/83 |
Australia |
24.6 |
1.323 |
8 |
1,629 |
7 |
88 |
1,534 |
11 |
64 |
0/43 |
5/40 |
Portugal |
10.29 |
0.2176 |
4.2 |
1,600 |
14 |
5 |
1,581 |
26 |
157 |
0/88 |
0/31 |
Brazil |
209.3 |
2.056 |
6.7 |
1,546 |
25 |
2 |
1,519 |
18 |
7 |
1/62 |
0/13 |
Canada |
37.59 |
1.653 |
13.5 |
1,470 |
20 |
14 |
1,436 |
1 |
39 |
1/36 |
0/95 |
Denmark |
5.603 |
0.3249 |
6.7 |
1,395 |
13 |
1 |
1,381 |
42 |
241 |
1 |
0/07 |
Malaysia |
31.62 |
0.3145 |
3.7 |
1,306 |
10 |
139 |
1,157 |
26 |
40 |
1 |
10/64 |
Turkey |
80.81 |
0.8511 |
2.9 |
1,236 |
30 |
|
1,206 |
|
15 |
2 |
0/00 |
Czechia |
10.65 |
0.2157 |
11.6 |
1,120 |
1 |
6 |
1,113 |
19 |
105 |
0 |
0/54 |
Japan |
126.8 |
4.872 |
7.3 |
1,101 |
41 |
235 |
825 |
49 |
9 |
4 |
21/34 |
Israel |
8.712 |
0.3509 |
6.3 |
1,071 |
1 |
37 |
1,033 |
18 |
124 |
0 |
3/45 |
All countries with less than 1,000 cases |
---- |
---- |
--- |
21,381 |
324 |
1,812 |
19,255 |
264 |
--- |
--- |
---- |
|
Total |
---- |
---- |
--- |
337,570 |
14,665 |
98,884 |
224,031 |
10,553 |
43.4 |
4.34 |
29.29 |