With the most recent surge in Covid infections and deaths the international picture is looking very different from 6 months ago. Sadly a lot of Eastern European Countries that had done a good job of suppressing the first wave of infections have not succeeded in more recent times.
So, for example, the Czech Republic is now near the top of this table of the worst hit countries. This leaves the biggest successes in the East, Countries like Taiwan, Vietnam and New Zealand continue their enviable record of remaining free of the worst effects and many others are doing really well compared to the Western nations.
I’ve altered the table to include big nations but it’s always important to remember that there can be huge local hotspots in these countries, for example the North-Eastern US States were previously at the top of this table, and may still be there (I haven’t looked at that data yet)
African countries and many others in the ‘developing’ world do not look as hard hit as the rich countries. While there may be a problem with reliability of data from poor countries, there have also been some impressive stories of success with basic public health responses.
The chart shows the 50 countries with the greatest numbers of Covid-19 deaths recorded
Compiled 24 Jan 2021
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