Coronavirus Deaths Worldwide by Country (09/17/2021)

The below scattered charts were drawn with:

• x-axis: Confirmed Cases per million (Total)
• y-axis: Deaths per million (Total) 

based on the data from [1].  Note that only the top 50 countries with the highest deaths per million are used in the chart.

Based on a comparison of coronavirus deaths in 206 countries relative to their population, Peru had the most losses to COVID-19 up until September 17, 2021. As of the same date, the virus had infected over 227 million people worldwide, and the number of deaths had totaled more than 4.6 million.

Chart 1.  Scattered chart (x: confirmed cases and y: deaths; Source: [1])

Chart 1

In chart 1, only three countries stand out:

• USA
• Brazil
• Peru

Among the three countries, Peru suffered the highest death rate vs confirmed cases, which may be due to combinations of reasons.  For example,

• Poorer healthcare system
• More immune-comprised population

However, based on [2], Peru's confirmed cases are likely underestimated, which it means that its correct data point position on the chart should be shifted horizontally to the right.

Chart 2

After removing 3 outliers (USA, Brazil and Peru) from Chart 1, Chart 2 was drawn with other 47 countries.  Among the 47 countries, the following countries stand out:

• Ireland
• It has less confirmed cases and it has the least loss among its infected people, which probably are due to its better healthcare system and maybe better policy responses to COVID-19. 
• Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia
• 3 European countries suffered the highest death rate vs confirmed cases.
• United Kingdom, France, and Russia
• Among these 3 countries, UK has the highest death rate vs confirmed cases and Russia has the lowest death rate vs confirmed cases.

Chart 2.  Scattered chart (x: confirmed cases and y: deaths; Source: [1])

References

1. Coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths worldwide per one million population as of September 17, 2021, by country
2. COVID-19 figures are likely underestimated in Peru (07/27/2020)
• A new government study suggests that around one-quarter of Lima's population has been infected with COVID-19
3. Cabbage and fermented vegetables: From death rate heterogeneity in countries to candidates for mitigation strategies of severe COVID-19
• In Switzerland, the French- and Italian-speaking cantons have a far higher death rate than the German-speaking ones (Office fédéral de la santé publique, Switzerland).