The influence of national policy characteristics on COVID-19 containment policies: a comparative analysis

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Table 1. COVID-19 Data for Select Jurisdictions.

Country	Total cases per M	Confirmed death per M	Tests per M	Rank	Country	Total cases per M	Confirmed death per M	Tests per M	Rank	Country	Total cases per M	Confirmed death per M	Tests per M	Rank
VNM	4	0	2825	Very low	FIN	1316	59	49,630	Low	PRT	4533	162	129,115	Very high
TWN	19	0.3	3284	Very low	NOR	1655	46	68,677	Low	RUS	4937	77	155,605	Very high
THA	46	0.8	8648	Very low	AUT	2085	78	76,790	Moderate	IRL	5181	353	99,541	Very high
CHN	58	3	62,814	Very low	DNK	2235	105	208,339	Moderate	BEL	5389	844	117,490	Very high
MNG	69	0	8299	Very low	MEX	2242	265	5546	Moderate	ISL	5532	29	277,588	Very high
JPN	164	8	4273	Very low	DEU	2383	109	76,094	Moderate	ESP	6438	607	122,651	Very high
KEN	181	3	3866	Very low	FRA	2616	460	21,211	Moderate	SWE	7415	547	59,402	Very high
HKG	191	0.9	46,329	Very low	CAN	2838	232	83,249	Moderate	LUX	7629	176	425,482	Very high
KOR	261	6	27,246	Very low	NLD	2972	358	39,795	Moderate	SGP	7824	4	148,006	Very high
IDN	271	13	3798	Very low	IRN	3036	150	23,175	High	BRA	8502	326	21,509	Very high
URY	284	8	22,239	Very low	CHE	3789	227	78,403	High	PER	9691	349	57,101	Very high
NZL	308	4	85,319	Very low	ISR	3943	38	132,799	High	USA	9988	413	124,151	Very high
GRC	358	19	34,872	Very low	ITA	4016	578	96,836	High	QUA	36,729	52	145,736	Very high
AUS	375	4	118,372	Very low	ZAF	4226	65	34,676	High
MOR	421	7	23,417	Very low	GBR	4244	658	169,945	High
PHL	495	13	8545	Very low
IND	605	16	8191	Very low
EGY	784	36	1319	Very low

Source: World of Meters COVID-19 data for 11 July 2020; Ranking is linked to the total cases per million.

Table 2. Ranking of countries by confirmed COVID-19 cases per million.

Very low	Low	Moderate	High	Very high
1000 <	1001< ×<2000	2001< ×<3000	3001< ×<4500	> 4500

Chart 1. Very Low Infection Rates with Early Policy Intervention.

Chart 2. Very Low Infection Rates with Policies Matching Early Detection.

Chart 3. Very Low Infection Rates with Early Policy Lagging but Quick Escalation.

Chart 4. Very Low Infection Rates with Growing Infection Rates.

Chart 5. Finland and Norway.

Chart 6. Moderate Rates of Infection with Lagging Containment Policy.

Chart 7. Moderate Rates of Infection with Early Containment Policies.

Chart 8. High Infection Rates Group.

Chart 9. Very High Infection Rates 1.

Chart 10. Very High Infection Rates 2.

Chart 11. Very High Infection Rates without Lagging Policies.