Table 4 COVID-19 Epidemiology and response during 2020.
From: Global ecological analysis of COVID-19 mortality and comparison between “the East” and “the West”
World | The West | The East | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
median (range) | median (range) | median (range) | ||
COVID-19 reproduction rate (Re)§ | ||||
Q1 | 1.7 (0.2–5.8) | 2.0 (1.0–3.7) | 1.5 (0.2–5.8) | < 0.001 |
Q2 | 1.1 (0.0–4.0) | 0.9 (0.1–3.3) | 0.8 (0.0–2.3) | < 0.001 |
Q3 | 1.0 (0.0–3.0) | 1.2 (0.5–2.4) | 0.9 (0.2–3.0) | < 0.001 |
Q4 | 1.0 (0.0–3.3) | 1.1 (0.6–2.0) | 1.0 (0.3–1.8) | < 0.001 |
Stringency Index (%) | ||||
Q1 | 33.3 (0.0–100.0) | 20.4 (0.0–96.3) | 31.5 (0.0–100.0) | 0.002 |
Q2 | 76.8 (9.3–100.0) | 70.8 (25.9–96.3) | 68.1 (22.2–100.0) | < 0.001 |
Q3 | 60.2 (11.1–100.0) | 48.2 (23.1–76.4) | 52.8 (20.4–83.3) | < 0.001 |
Q4 | 55.6 (6.5–89.8) | 62.0 (23.1–84.3) | 50.0 (19.4–85.2) | < 0.001 |
Total tests (per 1000 population) | ||||
Q1 | 0.1 (0.0–22.2) | 0.7 (0.0–11.2) | 0.1 (0.0–12.9) | < 0.001 |
Q2 | 7.0 (0.0–363.3) | 28.4 (0.7–183.8) | 3.1 (0.0–129.5) | < 0.001 |
Q3 | 36.1 (0.7–981.2) | 116.4 (19.6–671.4) | 13.2 (1.4–493.2) | < 0.001 |
Q4 | 90.8 (2.5–2112.2) | 307.8 (75.3–1819.7) | 34.8 (3.9–927.5) | < 0.001 |
Test per case | ||||
Q1 | 22.7 (1.8–5951.0) | 15.2 (3.1–202.8) | 40.2 (2.8–1876.5) | < 0.001 |
Q2 | 30.8 (1.8–44,258.7) | 56.9 (2.3–5097.9) | 127.8 (2.4–44,258.7) | < 0.001 |
Q3 | 20.8 (1.6–37,002.3) | 67.0 (7.9–1443.8) | 231.3 (4.2–37,002.3) | < 0.001 |
Q4 | 13.4 (2.0–9601.7) | 11.3 (2.0–122.8) | 72.4 (4.6–9601.7) | < 0.001 |
