COVID-19 Update and Thoughts

As of 8am est today, March 26, these are the statistics of where the most effected countries stand.  I've listed them in order of the most number of cases (China).  I've also included the reported number of deaths for each country at this time, and what percent of total diagnosed cases resulted in death.

I thought it would be interesting to see how these percentages compare to the World Health Organization rankings of best overall health systems.  It would make sense (to me) that the higher ranked healthcare systems would fair better than the lower ranked systems in regards to percentage of deaths.  Right?  In the words of Lee Corso, "Not so fast my friend!"

Statistically, the numbers are skewed significantly as the top four countries are definitely on another level of diagnosed number of cases.  In my opinion its clear there are three different tiers in regards to number of cases.  Also, population demographics and other co-morbities need to be taken into account.  Nevertheless, viewing percent of cases resulting in deaths and the WHO rankings is an interesting finding.

Despite what the politicians, "experts" or the WHO says, there is no other place in the world I'd rather have care, especially life saving care, than the United States of America.  Stay safe and well!

Country Cases Deaths % Deaths WHO Ranking China 81285 3287 4 144 Italy 74383 7503 10.1 2 USA 68594 1036 1.5 37 Spain 56188 4089 7.3 7 Germany 39502 222 0.6 25 Iran 29406 2234 7.6 93 France 25233 1331 5.3 1 Switzerland 11435 165 1.4 20 UK 9529 465 4.9 18 S Korea 9241 131 1.4 58 Netherlands 6412 356 5.6 17 Belgium 6235 220 3.5 21