Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[S.Peelman]

SvennoJ said:

Deaths / Total detected cases varies wildly per country

Italy 7.7%
Iran 5.7%
China 4.0%
UK 3.6%
Spain 3.4%
France 2.2%
USA 2.0%
Netherlands 1.7%
South Korea 1.0%
Switzerland 0.8%
Germany 0.2%

Germany seems best at detecting cases and/or keeping people alive so far. The timing is also different of course. China is hardly detecting new cases anymore but still has 3200 serious/critical cases marker. Italy is still climbing fast with now 3 times the active cases as are left in China. You would think Germany and the UK are not far different in timing yet a totally different ratio.

Very hard to say anything about how many cases there really are.

The Dutch number will rise, as we’ve changed the testing method. People with only mild complaints and family members of a known infected person won’t get tested anymore. They’re just assumed to ‘have it’ and will have to self-isolate. This means only stronger cases will get confirmed and published, the people with a higher risk of dying.

Simultaneously though the RIVM estimated that about 6,000 people here now “carry” the virus to some extend. 24 deaths out of 6,000 is of course very low. Though I assume this is true for every country because this would include everyone not (yet) tested.

As a side note they confirmed that the youngest to die here in Holland was 63, the oldest 94, and the average is 79. As far as I know there’s only one teen in ICU as of now, a 16 year old boy.

EDIT: Youngest death ended up being 63 instead of 59.

Last edited by S.Peelman - on 17 March 2020