Comparative information on cases of covid19

Tobi Hughes·
Madeira News

Thanks to Daniel Caires who has put this together, and put the table in English for my site.

Comparative information on cases of covid19 from Madeira with various regions and countries in the world.
Updated and with a new addition, as requested, a new column for the mortality rate of cases with covid19 among cases positive for covid19.
> Madeira is the region with the least positive cases for covid19 per 100 thousand inhabitants, with 407 cases, only closely followed by the Azores with 598. As for the rest, the data show that they have at least more than the triple the cases per 100 thousand inhabitants, in relation to Madeira.
> Regarding the mortality rate of positive cases, Madeira also has the lowest rate, with 0.48%. Very close, is Iceland with 0.50%. Belgium, on the other hand, has the highest rate, which is still 2.95%. In the case of Belgium, out of every 100 people positive for covid19, about 3 died with covid.
Note: I wanted to compare the occupancy of intensive care units and hospital care units designated for this purpose, but I was unable to obtain this information from other locations.
However, it should be noted that Madeira currently has 108 ‘ventilators’ and 134 beds for this. Therefore, the occupancy, today’s date, is below 10% for the beds designated for this purpose in the hospital and below 3% for the ‘occupancy’ of the ventilators.
This table is not meant to be relativized or persuade. The measures taken by the regional government must be understood and followed. The success of 2021 will depend on how we end 2020.
A different Christmas, with responsibility and common sense.
For those who arrive and for those who receive. For those who live together and for those with their own.
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12 Responses

  1. Thanks to Daniel and Tobi for translating and sharing this here. The information is clearly laid out and well labelled and it does show that although the situation in Madeira seemed to be worsening recently, overall the people and authorities of Madeira have performed exceptionally well, relatively.

    For anyone interested, the specific Canary Island of La Palma has been performing very well, too. Although their situation was worse than Madeira a few months ago, they managed to get active cases down to a handful and keep the number there for several weeks. (Smaller population and much less tourism.)

    1. It is not just about tourism. The Madeirean emigrant community is far wider than the one from La Palma. Where are the Madeireans the most? UK, US, Jersey, South Africa and Venezuela. All these countries are very “messy” right now so it takes a lot of effort in Madeira to restrain the virus from spreading in the island when many of these emmigrants are visiting the island now. A lot of “pressure” to the pandemic control system mounted in the island.

      I am surprised Tobi published these tables if he does not believe non of that.

  3. Surprised United Kingdom was missing from the table, London has gone into tier 3 today. Cases rising 3rd wave expected according to top medical scientists here after Christmas mixing.

    1. It seems the surge in cases of infection may be due to a new variant of covid-19. At this stage it is unknown if the new vaccines will be effective against this new strain. Just as you think you are getting to grips with things, nature has a nasty habit of kicking you right up the ar*e!

  4. Easy to read information. Thank you. We are planning a very quiet Christmas this year. No family visiting from the UK but lovely food cooked with love at home. Some walking, maybe some swimming off the beach? It will still be lovely! Happy, safe Christmas to you Tobi (& Nelio) ?

  5. Daniel’s analysis relates to the cumulative numbers of cases to date, which gives useful information about the various countries’ performance to date, but a better measure of current risk would be the number of active cases, I’ve carried out an analysis of the rate of number of active cases per 100,000 and only Iceland seems to be lower than Madeira. Tobi, would you be interested in seeing and maybe publishing this table?

  6. Excellent piece of work. – I would have expected the mortality rate for the US to be much higher.

    I hope you’ll be able to update and display this statistical report on a regular basis. And maybe you get a chance to include data for Germany which on Wednesday goes into an almost total lockdown till at least 10 Jan 21.

  7. 108 ventilators sounds very well equipped for a population of aboud 260.000. Question is whether they would all be ready for invasive care ventilation, a very complex procedure under coma and requiring a lot of staff.

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