Table 1.
Number of new confirmed cases, COVID-19 deaths, pneumonia, ARDS by three study periods.
| Country | January 01 to June 30 |
July 01 to September 30# |
October 01 to December 31# |
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| COVID-19 cases | COVID-19 death | Pneumonia∗ | ARDS∗ | ADRS rate | COVID-19 cases# | COVID-19 death | Pneumonia∗ | ARDS∗ | ADRS rate | COVID-19 cases# | COVID-19 death | Pneumonia∗ | ARDS∗ | ADRS rate | |
| Argentina | 64,530 | 1307 | 46,913 | 3075 | 6.56% | 569,771 | 15,630 | 414,223 | 36,776 | 8.88% | 725,846 | 26,308 | 527,690 | 61,901 | 11.73% |
| Brazil | 1,402,041 | 59,594 | 1,019,284 | 140,221 | 13.76% | 2,829,382 | 84,358 | 2,056,961 | 198,489 | 9.65% | 2,377,982 | 50,997 | 1,728,793 | 119,993 | 6.94% |
| Egypt | 68,311 | 2953 | 49,662 | 6948 | 13.99% | 28,956 | 2977 | 21,051 | 7005 | 33.27% | 28,937 | 1701 | 21,037 | 4002 | 19.03% |
| France | 204,244 | 29,846 | 148,485 | 70,226 | 47.29% | 333,369 | 2132 | 242,359 | 5016 | 2.07% | 1,719,572 | 32,781 | 1,250,129 | 77,132 | 6.17% |
| Germany | 195,418 | 8990 | 142,069 | 21,153 | 14.89% | 80,921 | 505 | 58,829 | 1188 | 2.02% | 1,218,114 | 24,296 | 885,569 | 57,167 | 6.46% |
| India | 585,481 | 17,400 | 425,645 | 40,941 | 9.62% | 4,753,495 | 81,278 | 3,455,791 | 191,242 | 5.53% | 3,281,895 | 50,060 | 2,385,937 | 117,788 | 4.94% |
| Iran | 227,662 | 10,817 | 165,510 | 25,452 | 15.38% | 190,532 | 15,352 | 138,517 | 36,122 | 26.08% | 637,376 | 29,054 | 463,372 | 68,362 | 14.75% |
| Italy | 240,578 | 34,767 | 175,381 | 81,613 | 46.53% | 61,655 | 1127 | 44,946 | 2646 | 5.89% | 1,487,613 | 38,265 | 1,084,470 | 89,824 | 8.28% |
| Japan | 18,615 | 972 | 13,217 | 2266 | 17.14% | 53,930 | 603 | 38,290 | 1406 | 3.67% | 126,343 | 1717 | 89,703 | 4002 | 4.46% |
| Korea, South | 12,850 | 282 | 9342 | 664 | 7.10% | 9162 | 133 | 6661 | 313 | 4.70% | 31,440 | 502 | 22,857 | 1181 | 5.17% |
| Mexico | 226,089 | 27,769 | 164,367 | 65,339 | 39.75% | 429,215 | 49,877 | 312,040 | 117,358 | 37.61% | 566,789 | 48,161 | 412,055 | 113,320 | 27.50% |
| South Africa | 151,209 | 2657 | 109,929 | 6252 | 5.69% | 434,198 | 14,077 | 315,662 | 33,122 | 10.49% | 317,742 | 11,735 | 230,999 | 27,612 | 11.95% |
| Spain | 249,271 | 28,355 | 181,220 | 66,718 | 36.82% | 431,531 | 3436 | 313,723 | 8085 | 2.58% | 962,034 | 19,046 | 699,399 | 44,814 | 6.41% |
| United Kingdom | 285,216 | 40,479 | 207,352 | 95,245 | 45.93% | 141,623 | 1754 | 102,960 | 4127 | 4.01% | 1,693,520 | 31,389 | 1,231,189 | 73,856 | 6.00% |
| United States | 2,631,894 | 127,831 | 1,913,387 | 300,779 | 15.72% | 3,810,519 | 79,396 | 2,770,247 | 186,814 | 6.74% | 10,578,521 | 138,510 | 7,690,585 | 325,906 | 4.24% |
Abbreviation: ARDS, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. ∗ Estimated numbers. # Exclude cases of asymptomatic COVID-19 infections.
The country-specific progression rates from pneumonia to ARDS in bold indicate those higher than the median global progression to ARDS in indicated period.