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. 2020 Sep 9;8(11):e1372–e1379. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30383-1

Table 3.

4-week and 12-week (after June 26, 2020) cost of COVID-19 response by country income group

Low income (population 685 066 000)
Lower-middle income (population 2 920 000 000)
Upper-middle income (population 2 493 375 000)
Total (population 6 098 441 000)
Total cost (billions) Cost per capita Total cost (billions) Cost per capita Total cost (billions) Cost per capita Total cost (billions) Cost per capita
Total cost (4 weeks)
Status quo 2·25 3·28 24·74 8·48 25·46 10·21 52·45 8·60
Decrease transmission 50% 1·65 2·41 14·18 4·86 17·24 6·92 33·08 5·42
Increase transmission 50% 3·30 4·82 30·08 10·30 28·54 11·45 61·92 10·15
Total cost (12 weeks)
Status quo 6·20 9·06 80·97 27·73 66·69 26·75 153·86 25·23
Decrease transmission 50% 2·30 3·36 23·28 7·97 26·53 10·64 52·11 8·54
Increase transmission 50% 10·99 16·04 104·88 35·92 80·98 32·48 196·85 32·28

Costs are in 2020 US$.