Deaths due to COVID-19 in Affected Countries
Piryani Rano Mal1*, Piryani Suneel2, Bhandary Shital3
1Department of Internal Medicine, Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa, Nepal
2Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
3School of Public Health, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Lalitpur, Nepal
A new coronavirus called as novel coronavirus was first emerged in Wuhan, Hubei province of China, at the end of 2019. This was labelled as 2019-nCoV. A first patient of pneumonia of unknown cause was detected in Wuhan, China. The case was reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office in China on 31 December 2019. Subsequently, the outbreak was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on January 30, 2020. WHO announced a name for the new coronavirus disease, COVID-19 on February 11, 2020. When COVID-19 infection reported from 114 countries then WHO declared COVID-19 infection, a global pandemic on March 11, 2020. Till the writing of this article April 2, 2020, the COVID-19 affected 200 countries and territories around the world and 2 international conveyance (the Diamond Princess cruise ship harbored in Yokohama, Japan and the Holland America’s MS Zaandam cruise ship)1,2,3,4.
Initially, the epicenter was China, later on it was shifted to Italy, then Spain and now epicenter is United States of America. Deaths reported from various countries are varied relative to total new cases reported. The pandemic is very rapidly accelerating. The first case was reported on Dec 31, 2019; 1st one lac cases in 67 days, 2nd in 11 days, 3rd in 4 days, 4th in 3 days, 5th in 2.5 days, 6th in 2 days and 7th 2 days and 8th 1.5 days and 9th in one day5.
We retrieved the secondary data of countries those reported more than 1000 new cases of COVID-19 until 13.36 Greenwich Mean Time March 30, 2020 from worldmeter website. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/. (Table 1). Forty-two countries reported more than 1000 cases. In 18 countries first case was reported in January, 17 countries reported their first case in February while 7 in March4. The data related to total new cases and total deaths were entered into IBM Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 21 and percentage of death was calculated. The highest number of cases reported from United States of America 142,793 while lowest from Iceland 1,020 among 42 countries. The maximum deaths were reported from Italy 10,779 while lowest from South Africa and Iceland i.e. 2 from each country. (Table 1, Figure 1 and 2) The percentage of deaths was highest among patients of Italy while lowest in Iceland among 42 countries.
Table 1. showing Total cases, New Cases, Total Deaths, New Deaths, Total Recovered, Active Cases, Serious Critical Total Case/1MP, Death/1MP, Reported 1 Cases.
| COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC Last updated: March 30, 2020, 13:36 GMT |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
World |
739,371 |
+17,012 |
35,016 |
+1,050 |
156,402 |
547,953 |
28,434 |
94.9 |
4.5 |
Jan 10 |
|
Country other |
Total cases |
New cases |
Total Deaths |
New Deaths |
Total Recovered |
Active Cases |
Serious Critical |
Total case / 1MP |
Death/ 1MP |
Reported 1sr case |
|
142,793 |
+333 |
2,490 |
+6 |
4,562 |
135,741 |
2,970 |
431 |
8 |
Jan 20 |
|
|
Italy |
97,689 |
10,779 |
13,030 |
73,880 |
3,906 |
1,616 |
178 |
Jan 29 |
||
|
85,195 |
+5,085 |
7,340 |
+537 |
16,780 |
61,075 |
5,231 |
1,822 |
157 |
Jan 30 |
|
|
81,470 |
+31 |
3,304 |
+4 |
75,700 |
2,466 |
633 |
57 |
2 |
Jan 10 |
|
|
63,079 |
+644 |
545 |
+4 |
9,211 |
53,323 |
1,979 |
753 |
7 |
Jan 26 |
|
|
41,495 |
+3,186 |
2,757 |
+117 |
13,911 |
24,827 |
3,511 |
494 |
33 |
Feb 18 |
|
|
40,174 |
2,606 |
7,202 |
30,366 |
4,632 |
615 |
40 |
Jan 23 |
|||
|
19,522 |
1,228 |
135 |
18,159 |
163 |
288 |
18 |
Jan 30 |
|||
|
15,526 |
+697 |
333 |
+33 |
1,823 |
13,370 |
301 |
1,794 |
38 |
Feb 24 |
|
|
11,899 |
+1,063 |
513 |
+82 |
1,527 |
9,859 |
927 |
1,027 |
44 |
Feb 03 |
|
|
11,750 |
+884 |
864 |
+93 |
250 |
10,636 |
1,053 |
686 |
50 |
Feb 26 |
|
|
9,661 |
+78 |
158 |
+6 |
5,228 |
4,275 |
59 |
188 |
3 |
Jan 19 |
|
|
9,377 |
+589 |
108 |
+22 |
636 |
8,633 |
193 |
1,041 |
12 |
Feb 24 |
|
|
9,217 |
131 |
105 |
8,981 |
568 |
109 |
2 |
Mar 09 |
|||
|
6,408 |
+446 |
140 |
+21 |
43 |
6,225 |
164 |
628 |
14 |
Mar 01 |
|
|
6,320 |
65 |
573 |
5,682 |
120 |
167 |
2 |
Jan 24 |
|||
|
4,393 |
+109 |
31 |
+5 |
12 |
4,350 |
97 |
810 |
6 |
Feb 25 |
|
|
4,347 |
+100 |
16 |
+1 |
134 |
4,197 |
80 |
502 |
2 |
Feb 20 |
|
|
4,316 |
+60 |
139 |
+3 |
120 |
4,057 |
296 |
20 |
0.7 |
Feb 24 |
|
|
4,245 |
+82 |
18 |
+1 |
244 |
3,983 |
28 |
166 |
0.7 |
Jan 24 |
|
|
4,028 |
+328 |
146 |
+36 |
16 |
3,866 |
306 |
399 |
14 |
Jan 30 |
|
|
Czechia |
2,878 |
+61 |
17 |
+1 |
11 |
2,850 |
52 |
269 |
2 |
Feb 29 |
|
2,626 |
+156 |
37 |
+2 |
479 |
2,110 |
94 |
81 |
1 |
Jan 24 |
|
|
2,615 |
46 |
5 |
2,564 |
59 |
530 |
9 |
Feb 28 |
|||
|
2,555 |
+160 |
77 |
+5 |
1 |
2,477 |
113 |
441 |
13 |
Feb 26 |
|
|
Chile |
2,449 |
+310 |
8 |
+1 |
156 |
2,285 |
14 |
128 |
0.4 |
Mar 02 |
|
Luxembourg |
1,988 |
+38 |
22 |
+1 |
40 |
1,926 |
25 |
3,176 |
35 |
Feb 28 |
|
1,984 |
+122 |
26 |
+4 |
7 |
1,951 |
3 |
52 |
0.7 |
Mar 03 |
|
|
Romania |
1,952 |
+137 |
46 |
+3 |
206 |
1,700 |
31 |
101 |
2 |
Feb 25 |
|
Ecuador |
1,924 |
58 |
3 |
1,863 |
58 |
109 |
3 |
Feb 28 |
||
|
Japan |
1,866 |
54 |
424 |
1,388 |
56 |
15 |
0.4 |
Jan 14 |
||
|
Russia |
1,836 |
+302 |
9 |
+1 |
66 |
1,761 |
8 |
13 |
0.06 |
Jan 30 |
|
Pakistan |
1,650 |
+53 |
20 |
+6 |
29 |
1,601 |
11 |
7 |
0.09 |
Feb 25 |
|
1,546 |
+128 |
78 |
+7 |
42 |
1,426 |
1 |
14 |
0.7 |
Jan 29 |
|
|
Thailand |
1,524 |
+136 |
9 |
+2 |
229 |
1,286 |
11 |
22 |
0.1 |
Jan 12 |
|
Saudi Arabia |
1,453 |
+154 |
8 |
66 |
1,379 |
12 |
42 |
0.2 |
Mar 01 |
|
|
1,414 |
+129 |
122 |
+8 |
75 |
1,217 |
5 |
0.4 |
Mar 01 |
||
|
Finland |
1,352 |
+112 |
13 |
+2 |
10 |
1,329 |
49 |
244 |
2 |
Jan 28 |
|
South Africa |
1,280 |
2 |
31 |
1,247 |
7 |
22 |
0.03 |
Mar 04 |
||
|
1,156 |
39 |
52 |
1,065 |
66 |
111 |
4 |
Feb 25 |
|||
|
1,071 |
+47 |
29 |
+2 |
100 |
942 |
0.8 |
0.02 |
Jan 29 |
||
|
Iceland |
1,020 |
2 |
135 |
883 |
25 |
2,989 |
6 |
Feb 27 |
||
Source: COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
Figure 1: Total cases in 42 countries reported more than 1000 COVID-19 cases on March 30, 2020
Source: COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
Table 2. Total cases, total deaths and percentage of deaths in 42 countries reported more than 1000 Covid-19 cases on March 30, 2020
|
Country |
Total New Cases |
Total Deaths |
Percentage of Deaths |
Country |
Total New Cases |
Total Deaths |
Percentage of Deaths |
Country |
Total New Cases |
Total Deaths |
Percentage of Deaths |
|
USA |
142793 |
2490 |
1.74 |
Portugal |
6408 |
140 |
2.18 |
Romania |
1952 |
46 |
2.35 |
|
Italy |
97689 |
10779 |
11.03 |
Canada |
6320 |
65 |
1.02 |
Ecuador |
1924 |
58 |
3.01 |
|
Spain |
85195 |
7340 |
8.61 |
Norway |
4393 |
31 |
.70 |
Japan |
1866 |
54 |
2.89 |
|
China |
81470 |
3304 |
4.00 |
Israel |
4347 |
16 |
.36 |
Russia |
1836 |
9 |
.49 |
|
Germany |
63079 |
545 |
.86 |
Brazil |
4316 |
139 |
3.22 |
Pakistan |
1650 |
20 |
1.21 |
|
Iran |
41495 |
2757 |
6.64 |
Australia |
4245 |
18 |
.42 |
Philippines |
1546 |
78 |
5.04 |
|
France |
40174 |
2606 |
6.48 |
Sweden |
4028 |
146 |
3.62 |
Thailand |
1524 |
9 |
.59 |
|
UK |
19522 |
1228 |
6.29 |
Czechia |
2878 |
17 |
.59 |
Saudi Arabia |
1453 |
8 |
.55 |
|
Switzerland |
15526 |
333 |
2.14 |
Malaysia |
2626 |
37 |
1.40 |
Indonesia |
1414 |
122 |
8.62 |
|
Belgium |
11899 |
513 |
4.31 |
Ireland |
2615 |
46 |
1.75 |
Finland |
1352 |
13 |
.96 |
|
Netherlands |
11750 |
864 |
7.35 |
Denmark |
2555 |
77 |
3.01 |
South Africa |
1280 |
2 |
.15 |
|
S. Korea |
9661 |
158 |
1.63 |
Chile |
2449 |
8 |
.32 |
Greece |
1156 |
39 |
3.37 |
|
Austria |
9377 |
108 |
1.51 |
Luxembourg |
1988 |
22 |
1.10 |
India |
1071 |
29 |
2.70 |
|
Turkey |
9217 |
131 |
1.42 |
Poland |
1984 |
26 |
1.31 |
Iceland |
1020 |
2 |
.19 |
Source: COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
Figure 2: Total Deaths in 46 countries reported more than 1000 COVID-19 cases on March 30, 2020
Source: COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
Figure 3: Percentage of Deaths in 42 countries reported more than 1000 COVID-19 cases on March 30, 2020
Source: COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
There is variation observed in percentage of deaths among 42 countries. Why this is so6,7,8?
The possible and probable reasons for this variation could be: in population affected in countries; in people with comorbidities in different countries; in lab test done in countries; in strategies adopted for isolation and quarantine; in treatment especially drugs used and their adverse effects; in healthcare responses; in temperature between different countries, regions or in seasons; in preventive methods, their timing and frequency; in virulence of virus; in immunity differences among people of different countries or among different sections of people within same country; in awareness campaigns and public’s response to it and possibilities of mutation of virus
It is recommended to know the exact reasons for this variation in COVID-19 deaths for future course of action. Hence, analytical studies or systemic review or meta-analysis are required to address this issue.
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