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. 2020 Jul 7;9(12):503–507. doi: 10.34172/ijhpm.2020.117

Table 2. Disease Reproduction and Critical Care Resources Consumption in 5 European Countries*.

Country Population a Attack Rate
Mean % [SD] b
Projected No. of Infected/100 000 Inhabitants b Average ICU Beds/100 000 inhabitants c Average No. of Ventilators/100 000 inhabitants c Potential Cumulative No. of Critical Cases/100000 Inhabitantsd Potential ICU Daily Admission/100 000 inhabitants by March 31 With Containment Strategies e,g Potential ICU Daily
Admission/100 000 Inhabitants by March 31 Without Containment Strategies f,g
France  66 977 107 3.00 [1.10-7.40] 3000 12 8 7 0.32 1.76
Germany  82 905 782 0.72 [0.28–1.80] 720 29 30 2 0.08 0.81
Italy  60 421 760 9.80 [3.20-26.00] 9800 1 8 22 1.05 6.07
Spain  46 796 540 15.00 [3.70-41.00] 15 000 10 5 34 1.60 2.75
United Kingdom  66 460 344 2.70 [1.20-5.40] 2700 7 12 6 0.29 0.73

Abbreviation: ICU, intensive care unit.

*Countries selected based on cumulative cases by March 31, 2020. Source: Own elaboration based on data:

a World Bank OECD Population figures, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?locations=OE&view=chart.

b Assumptions based on Imperial College London model.3

c Based on data published.9

d Assumption based on the worst case scenario of 28% ICU admission rate.

e Potential critical cases divided by 21 days (average length of stay on ICU).

f Projections if no measures implemented based on ICL model.3

g P < .0001 on unpaired two-tailed t test.