[nomadking]

Originally Posted by jfman

So where did their preparation go right and ours go wrong as we hit the 1000 per day mark compared to their 2728 in total?

It’s worth noting today’s total is just those announced today, not those having died in the 24 hour period. Most of them actually died at some point in the last week introducing administrative variations (e.g. low weekend counts catching up midweek) so it’s not truly a like for like figure.

Nothing comparable at all. How many cases in Germany needed admission to hospital compared to the UK? The spreading depends on people's behaviour. No amount of preparation can cope with the stupidity of people in the UK. Germany only started it's lockdown 2 days before the UK, so that can't be a factor. Germany never reached the same starting point as the UK. Eg Germany has around a quarter of estimated cases compared to the UK.

The low figure is thought to be linked to mass testing, meaning that many people with mild symptoms are counted in Germany but not elsewhere.
However, the rate has been rising steadily, from 0.6 per cent a fortnight ago to 1.3 per cent last week and 2.1 per cent today.