COVID-19 in Germany and China: mitigation versus elimination strategy

Figures & data

Table 1. Cumulative number of COVID-19 cases and deaths and proportion of global cases/deaths by WHO Region, as of 13 December 2020

WHO Region	Cumulative cases (%)	Cumulative deaths (%)
Americas	30,116,395 (43%)	776,708 (49%)
Europe	21,925,389 (31%)	484,570 (30%)
South-East Asia	11,361,437 (16%)	172,858 (11%)
Eastern Mediterranean	4,490,755 (6%)	111,635 (7%)
Africa	1,622,096 (2%)	35,879 (2%)
Western Pacific	960,020 (1%)	18,259 (1%)
Global	70,476,836 (100%)	1,599,922 (100%)

Figure 1. Number of COVID-19 cases reported weekly by WHO Region, 30 December 2019 through 13 December 2020

Figure 2. Number of COVID-19 deaths reported weekly by WHO Region, 30 December 2019 through 13 December 2020

Figure 3. COVID-19 control interventions in China and number of laboratory-confirmed cases from 20 January to 20 December 2020

Figure 4. Covid-19 control interventions in Germany and number of laboratory-confirmed cases and deaths from 28 January to 20 December 2020

Table 2. Cumulative number of COVID-19 cases and deaths, case fatality rate (CFR), and deaths per 100,000 population in selected countries of the WHO European and the Western Pacific Region, as of 21 December 2020 https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/mortality

Country	Cases	Deaths	CFR	Deaths/100,000 population
Europe
Belgium	625,930	18,626	3.0%	163
Italy	1,953,185	68,799	3.5%	114
Spain	1,797,236	48,926	2.7%	105
UK	2,046,161	67,503	3.3%	102
France	2,529,756	60,665	2.4%	91
Sweden	367,120	7,994	2.2%	78
Austria	338,854	5,351	1.6%	60
Russia	2,821,125	50,242	1.8%	35
Germany	1,514,962	26,400	1.7%	32
Norway	43,905	404	0.9%	8
Western Pacific
Philippines	459,789	8,947	1.9%	8
Australia	28,198	908	3.2%	4
Japan	199,270	2,784	1.4%	2
Malaysia	93,309	437	0.5%	1.4
South Korea	50,591	698	1.4%	1.4
New Zealand	2,121	25	1.2%	0.5
Singapore	58,422	29	0.0%	0.5
China	95,050	4,764	5.0%	0.3
Thailand	4,907	60	1.2%	0.1
Vietnam	1,413	35	2.5%	0.04