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. 2021 Oct 26;28(1):e2534. doi: 10.1002/psp.2534

Table 1.

Lockdown details for the 15 selected countries

Lockdown dates Cases/100,000 inhabitants at the lockdown date Deaths/1,000,000 inhabitants at the lockdown dates
Starting date Days since the first lockdown imposed in Europe a Duration (days)
Belgium 20 March 10 53 19.47 3.19
United Kingdom 24 March 14 49 11.90 6.21
Spain 14 March 4 66 20.79 6.24
Italy 10 March 0 56 16.79 10.44
Sweden No strict lockdown 20 21 17.76 10.89
France 17 March 7 56 11.84 2.68
Netherlands 1 April 22 41 79.45 6.85
Ireland 27 March 17 51 41.01 4.46
Switzerland

No strict lockdown restrictions

20 March

10 38 81.14 9.10
Luxembourg 15 March 5 49 12.30 1.60
Portugal 18 March 8 45 6.30 0.20
Moldova

Restrictions

17 March

7 56 0.75 0
N. Macedonia 12 April 33 36 39.74 16.32
Germany 22 March 12 27 22.21 0.66
Denmark 11 March 1 35 8.91 0

Note: Sweden and Switzerland did not opt for a strict lockdown. Information provided for those two countries concern the date of strictest measure imposed.

a

Italy was the first European country to impose a total lockdown on 10 March. Figures on relative column give the number of days that elapsed between that date and the date of national lockdown—or the strictest measure imposed.