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. 2020 Sep 29:1–2. doi: 10.1017/S0007114520003839

Table 1.

Mortality and percentage death rate in different countries

Country COVID-19 cases* (cumulative total) COVID-19 deaths* (cumulative total) Population size Mortality % Death rate (deaths/cases)
Canada 139 747 9193 37 806 632 0·00024 7
Denmark 20 571 633 5 796 391 0·00011 3
Finland 8750 339 5 542 378 0·00006 4
Germany 265 857 9371 83 783 942 0·00011 4
Iceland 2189 10 319 637 0·00003 0·5
Norway 12 393 265 5 429 519 0·00005 2
South Korea 22 783 377 51 278 058 0·00001 2
Sweden 87 575 5860 10 111 607 0·00058 7
USA 6 571 119 195 638 332 865 306 0·00059 3
*

Values from the World Health Organization(4).

Values from https://www.worldometers.info/population/ (accessed September 2020).