Let's use the data from Worldomet is and, with some of its indicators and others that we have built, to make a comparison of Portugal versus Europe, in the fight against Covid-19. Trying to better understand the differences between the results in each country is the objective.
Thus, we present the pandemic situation comparing several European countries, at the current time, January 21, 2022.
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Table of Contents
- Covid 19 indicators for the comparison Portugal Europe
- Tests per inhabitant
- Positive cases per million inhabitants
- Number of positive cases per thousand tests
- Critically ill patients per million inhabitants and per thousand positive cases
- Deaths per million inhabitants and for every hundred positive cases
- Comparison with Sweden
- The case of Finland
Covid 19 indicators for the comparison Portugal Europe
We think it is more appropriate to compare indicators that are not absolute values.
For example, the number of tests carried out is very high in Spain, around 66 million compared to the 30 million carried out in Portugal. However, the population of Spain is much larger than in Portugal and, therefore, the testing strategy that could be thought to be more comprehensive in Spain, in fact, is not.
In Portugal, as will be seen, the number of tests carried out per capita is 2,98, much higher than in Spain, with 1,42.
So let's look at the indicators.
Tests per inhabitant
With 2,98 tests per inhabitant, Portugal is in the 7th position of the countries with the most tests, after Denmark, Austria, United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Greece and France.
Denmark, with close to 6 million inhabitants, carried out 115 million tests, about 20 tests per inhabitant! It is first in the ranking of countries with the most tests per inhabitant.
Poland carried out 0,77 tests per inhabitant, which puts it at the bottom of this ranking.
Positive cases per million inhabitants
With the aforementioned testing capacity, let's check what has happened in Portugal regarding the positive cases detected per million inhabitants, since the beginning of the pandemic.
Portugal, has 208.671 positive cases per million, in 9th place.
Finland performs 1,66 tests per inhabitant and only has 76.849 positive cases per million inhabitant, the 1st country in this ranking.
The United Kingdom with the most tests per inhabitant, 6,43, has 229.533 positive cases per million inhabitants.
France, with 3,31 tests per inhabitant, has 238.186 positive cases per million inhabitants and is the last in this classification.
Number of positive cases per thousand tests
Another indicator that we can analyze for this Portugal/Europe comparison is the number of positive cases detected for every thousand tests performed.
Portugal detects 69,9 positive cases for every 1000 tests carried out, placing us in 9th place.
Denmark, the 1st on this list, detects 11 positives for every thousand tests, a situation very well controlled.
Among others, they are better than Portugal, Austria, United Kingdom, Finland, Norway and Italy and worse than France, Belgium, Germany, Sweden and Spain.
Poland with 152,8 and the Netherlands with 179,0 positive cases per 1000 tests are at the bottom of the ranking. It should be noted that both have lower levels of testing per inhabitant, respectively 0,77 and 1,23.
Critically ill patients per million inhabitants and per thousand positive cases
The greater the spread of the virus, the more likely it is that patients in critical condition will appear. Let's see the results of the strategies to combat Covid-19, with the analysis of critical situations.
Per million inhabitants Portugal has 16 critical positive cases, placing us in 6th place.
In addition, for every 1000 positive cases, 0,08 become critical, the 5th country with the lowest rate in this ranking.
In this indicator, critically ill patients per 1000 positive cases, Ireland, Luxembourg, Norway, Finland, Belgium, Spain and Germany are in a worse situation than Portugal.
Denmark, the United Kingdom, Sweden and the Netherlands lead the ranking.
Deaths per million inhabitants and for every hundred positive cases
Portugal, with 1921 deaths per million inhabitants, is positioned in 8th place among the countries with the most deaths per million inhabitants and, with 9,2 deaths per 1000 positive cases, it is in 9th position.
Norway and Denmark with 2,5 and 2,8 deaths per 1000 positives respectively, lead the ranking.
Poland, Italy and Germany in the first places in the ranking of countries with more than 13 deaths per 1000 positive cases.
In this comparison of Covid-19, Portugal Europe, let's look at two countries in particular.
Comparison with Sweden
Sweden has almost the same population as Portugal.
A completely different strategy was followed, guided by an epidemiologist who did not adhere to the idea of confinement.
Swedish Public Health Agency epidemiologist strategist Anders Tegnell, while acknowledging in May 2020 that “they could have done better”, thought that the second wave would have “a high level of immunity and the number of cases would probably be quite low”.
The strategy has been corrected.
Sweden has 111,4 positive cases per 1000 tests performed, but the number of deaths per 1000 cases is 8,8, lower than Portugal.
The number of cases per million inhabitants is also 174.954, lower than the value reached in Portugal.
The case of Finland
As Ricardo Costa writes, in the Jornal Expresso of November 20, 2020, “history and neighbors do not choose each other” and the independence of Finland, conquered from Russia with blood, sweat and tears in 1917, leads the population to have great confidence in the leaders.
Finland is just not in the top places, in the number of deaths per 1000 positive cases, 4,3 and in 3rd place in the ranking, a value lower than Portugal, which has 9,2 and, therefore, in 10th in the ranking. .
It is in 11th place in the indicator of the number of people in critical condition, 0,14 per 1000 positive cases, while Portugal with 0,8 is in 5th place. However, it ranks 1st with the lowest number of positive cases per million inhabitants, with Portugal in 10th.
Each country is different in the way it behaves socially and this makes it difficult to find fully effective strategies to combat Covid-19.
We present in the form of an interactive table, the data of the Coronavirus in Europe with the indicators that we have built.
You can sort the information, by any of the columns, to obtain a better view of the position of each country in relation to the respective pandemic situation.
We hope it is useful and easy to read.
| Countries | No. Positive Cases | Nr Deaths | Criticism | Tests | Population | Positives / 1M | Critically ill / 1M | Tests per inhabitant | Deaths / 1M | Positive Cases / 1000 Tests | Deaths / 1000 Cases | Critical Patients / 1000 Cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 15 600 647 | 128 114 | 3 881 | 216 918 555 | 65 497 644 | 238 186 | 59 | 3,31 | 1 956 | 71,9 | 8,2 | 0,25 |
| United Kingdom | 15 709 059 | 153 490 | 664 | 440 125 448 | 68 439 318 | 229 533 | 10 | 6,43 | 2 243 | 35,7 | 9,8 | 0,04 |
| Belgium | 2 642 761 | 28 759 | 388 | 29 025 993 | 11 667 887 | 226 499 | 33 | 2,49 | 2 465 | 91,0 | 10,9 | 0,15 |
| Ireland | 1 127 951 | 6 087 | 90 | 10 685 379 | 5 023 337 | 224 542 | 18 | 2,13 | 1 212 | 105,6 | 5,4 | 0,08 |
| The Netherlands | 3 778 287 | 21 200 | 285 | 21 107 399 | 17 193 705 | 219 748 | 17 | 1,23 | 1 233 | 179,0 | 5,6 | 0,08 |
| Denmark | 1 270 566 | 3 571 | 44 | 115 698 718 | 5 823 853 | 218 166 | 8 | 19,87 | 613 | 11,0 | 2,8 | 0,03 |
| Switzerland | 1 871 340 | 12 675 | 238 | 15 992 000 | 8 752 815 | 213 799 | 27 | 1,83 | 1 448 | 117,0 | 6,8 | 0,13 |
| Luxembourg | 134 714 | 941 | 15 | 3 919 013 | 641 768 | 209 911 | 23 | 6,11 | 1 466 | 34,4 | 7,0 | 0,11 |
| Portugal | 2 118 125 | 19 496 | 162 | 30 295 166 | 10 150 566 | 208 671 | 16 | 2,98 | 1 921 | 69,9 | 9,2 | 0,08 |
| Spain (España) | 8 834 363 | 91 599 | 2 204 | 66 213 858 | 46 782 882 | 188 838 | 47 | 1,42 | 1 958 | 133,4 | 10,4 | 0,25 |
| Sweden | 1 784 005 | 15 639 | 105 | 16 009 781 | 10 196 969 | 174 954 | 10 | 1,57 | 1 534 | 111,4 | 8,8 | 0,06 |
| Greece | 1 762 870 | 22 476 | 679 | 54 563 141 | 10 344 035 | 170 424 | 66 | 5,27 | 2 173 | 32,3 | 12,7 | 0,39 |
| Austria | 1 503 668 | 13 956 | 193 | 133 564 965 | 9 086 130 | 165 490 | 21 | 14,70 | 1 536 | 11,3 | 9,3 | 0,13 |
| Italy | 9 418 256 | 142 590 | 1 698 | 160 111 999 | 60 323 848 | 156 128 | 28 | 2,65 | 2 364 | 58,8 | 15,1 | 0,18 |
| Poland | 4 443 217 | 103 626 | 1 271 | 29 075 044 | 37 782 281 | 117 601 | 34 | 0,77 | 2 743 | 152,8 | 23,3 | 0,29 |
| Norway | 571 655 | 1 413 | 70 | 9 811 888 | 5 487 005 | 104 183 | 13 | 1,79 | 258 | 58,3 | 2,5 | 0,12 |
| Germany | 8 475 578 | 117 122 | 2 664 | 89 622 218 | 84 199 653 | 100 660 | 32 | 1,06 | 1 391 | 94,6 | 13,8 | 0,31 |
| Finland | 426 826 | 1 815 | 61 | 9 240 185 | 5 554 077 | 76 849 | 11 | 1,66 | 327 | 46,2 | 4,3 | 0,14 |
See too
- Covid-19 in Portugal, compared to Europe
- StayAway Covid the Application to combat the pandemic in Portugal
- Coronavirus COVID-19
- Coronavirus and the pandemic in Europe, a comparative analysis
- Create online tests and exams in a simple way
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