Places that test rigorously catch more cases and report lower death rates

Fatality rate among confirmed cases*, selected countries, %

Confirmed

cases

↓ China, South Korea and Singapore have

unusually extensive testing regimes for covid-19

Over 50k

China,

outside Hubei

China,

Hubei province

10k to 50k

South Korea

Italy

Iran

1k to 10k

Japan

Thailand

United

States

Taiwan

Singapore

France

Australia

Under 1k

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Fatality rate, %

*To March 4th 2020