Table 1.
Different parameters of SAARC countries and COVID-19 cases and deaths as on December 23, 2020.
| Countries | Population (m) | Density / km2 | Literacy (%) | Adult (%) | Poverty (%) | Health expenditure (% of GDP) | BCG vaccine coverage (%) | Total COVID-19 cases | Total deaths | Cases per Million | Death per Million | Effective Reproduction number Rt (95% CI)# |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial stage of epidemic | Later stage of epidemic | ||||||||||||
| Afghanistan | 37.1 | 60 | 43.2 | 57.7 | 55 | 9.5 | 86 | 50433 | 2117 | 1296 | 54 | 1.31 (1.28 -1.36) | 0.90 (0.30 – 0.92) |
| Bangladesh | 165.4 | 1121 | 72.9 | 72.3 | 4 | 2.6 | 99 | 504868 | 7359 | 3066 | 45 | 1.62 (1.59 – 1.64) | 0.92 (0.83 – 0.97) |
| Bhutan | 0.734 | 20.9 | 64.9 | 73.7 | 8.2 | 3.71 | 99 | 519 | - | 672 | 15 | - | - |
| India | 1358.6 | 382 | 74.0 | 68.9 | 21.9 | 3.9 | 92 | 10123778 | 146756 | 7363 | 106 | 2.10 (2.04 – 2.17) | 0.88 (0.87 – 0.90) |
| Maldives | 0.339 | 1392 | 98.6 | 78.4 | 8.2 | 9.5 | 99 | 13537 | 48 | 25043 | 88 | 1.18 (1.14 – 1.22) | 0.83 (0.79 – 0.87) |
| Nepal | 29.02 | 180 | 67.9 | 65.1 | 25.2 | 6.1 | 96 | 255979 | 1803 | 8785 | 62 | 1.29 (1.17 – 1.43) | 0.86 (0.84 – 0.88) |
| Pakistan | 220.9 | 287 | 62.3 | 64.6 | 17.2 | 9.7 | 85 | 465070 | 9668 | 2105 | 44 | 1.30 (1.29 – 1.31) | 1.08 (1.06 – 1.10) |
| Sri Lanka | 21.69 | 325 | 91.7 | 74.8 | 4.1 | 3 | 99 | 38639 | 184 | 1804 | 9 | 1.15 (0.95 – 1.38) | 1.04 (1.03 – 1.06) |
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Calculated for initial 60 and last 60 days effective reproduction number (Rt) estimation and correlation analysis of certain demographic factors of COVID-19 pandemic in South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries.