Table 5:
Summary Statistics by Month
| Month | Lockdown Stringency |
Cases (per Million) |
Deaths (per Million) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | CoV | Mean (SD) | CoV | Mean (SD) | CoV | |
| January | 8.02 (0.75) | 0.09 | 0.04 (0.08) | 2.00 | 0 (0) | N/A |
| February | 12.11 (1.55) | 0.13 | 0.21 (0.43) | 2.07 | 0 (0) | N/A |
| March | 43.20 (5.32) | 0.12 | 190.44 (115.70) | 0.61 | 1.72 (1.53) | 0.89 |
| April | 77.66 (7.33) | 0.09 | 646.60 (801.14) | 1.24 | 36.50 (63.61) | 1.74 |
| May | 73.44 (4.32) | 0.06 | 444.11 (817.11) | 1.84 | 47.30 (97.25) | 2.06 |
| June | 65.25 (5.71) | 0.09 | 153.16 (192.78) | 1.26 | 14.23 (30.41) | 2.14 |
| July | 59.43 (5.50) | 0.09 | 210.07 (215.54) | 1.03 | 4.73 (6.08) | 1.28 |
| August | 59.53 (5.55) | 0.09 | 269.03 (239.70) | 0.89 | 3.58 (3.66) | 1.02 |
| September | 55.38 (5.39) | 0.10 | 461.91 (448.21) | 0.97 | 2.74 (3.11) | 1.13 |
Notes: Means, standard deviations, and CoVs for the lockdown stringency index, cases and deaths are per million inhabitants across the 10 Canadian provinces for each month of 2020. CoV = coefficient of variation; N/A = not applicable; COVID-19 = coronavirus disease 2019.
Sources: COVID-19 data from COVID-19 Canada (2020) and COVID Tracking Project (2021); COVID-19 lockdown data from Blavatnik School of Government (n.d.).