On the other hand, according to Bloomberg’s Global Health Index, Italians live a much healthier life compared to Germans. Whilst the average age of Corona cases in Germany is 45 years, in Italy it is 63. Among those shown to be infected, the average age in Italy is much higher than in other countries, including Germany. Among the uncounted cases are likely to be many younger people who have already had the virus but have not experienced any or only mild symptoms. Secondly, in many countries very little testing has been carried out and often only the average age of those shown to be infected is known. Then, many patients are in intensive care for weeks before they die. It takes a while for complications to occur after the infection. Their first cases may have appeared undetected, occurred much earlier, and the virus probably spread unnoticed in the population of both countries.
Italy and Spain are already further into the epidemic than Germany. However, there are still several explanations, all of which play a role and many Germans look to Italy and Spain. It is a bit like comparing apples to pears. The health framework and conditions are different in each country. Mr Pegody also warned against comparing countries. Italy had more than twice as many cases as Germany. To be honest, we still know too little, says Richard Pebody (WHO). The case mortality rate is puzzling, he noted. Is it because of the age of those affected, the testing or have Germans just been lucky so far? Not unexpectedly, Germans have started debating the reasons for this. Why this is the case remains somewhat of a mystery. The number of Corona deaths in Germany is astonishingly low. Surprisingly, Italy has 28% less people compared to Germany but a staggering 1,800% higher Coronavirus death rate. Seen as death per one million people, Italy had 192 deaths per million and Germany jut 8. In other words, despite Germany’s relative high population, it registered a surprisingly low number of Corona deaths. Among comparable European countries, Italy (population 60 million) had 11,600 Corona deaths, Spain (46,6 million) registered 7,700, France (67 million) 3,000, the UK (67 million) noted 1,400 deaths, the Netherlands (17 million) 740, the USA (330 million) 3,000, and Germany (83 million) just 645 deaths. On 31st March 2020, the global death toll from Corona tallied 38,000. COVID-19 in Germany: Explaining a Low Death Rate
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