Looking at cumulative numbers per population on OurWorldInData:
As of Nov 21, Germany had performed 1001 tests per thousand people, vs 4697 for the UK.
They’d found 64.6 cases per thousand vs 144.6 in the UK.
The cumulative CFR was 1.84% vs 1.46% in the UK. Checking 3 weeks later for lag effects, Dec 12 was 1.62% vs 1.35%.
My guess is that all else equal, the UK has had a similar or higher IFR, but is catching a larger fraction of infections. In general. I’m not going to try to tease apart the differences in the current or recent situations.
Looking at cumulative numbers per population on OurWorldInData:
As of Nov 21, Germany had performed 1001 tests per thousand people, vs 4697 for the UK.
They’d found 64.6 cases per thousand vs 144.6 in the UK.
The cumulative CFR was 1.84% vs 1.46% in the UK. Checking 3 weeks later for lag effects, Dec 12 was 1.62% vs 1.35%.
My guess is that all else equal, the UK has had a similar or higher IFR, but is catching a larger fraction of infections. In general. I’m not going to try to tease apart the differences in the current or recent situations.