The Best and Worst Places to Be in Covid: U.S. Sinks in Ranking
By Rachel Chang, Jinshan Hong and Kevin Varley
Published: November 24, 2020 | Updated: December 21, 2020
Winter and the long-anticipated rollout of coronavirus vaccines triggered some surprising shifts in Bloomberg’s Covid Resilience Ranking, a measure of the best places to be in the Covid-19 era.
Each month, we crunch the numbers to get a snapshot of where the virus is being handled the most effectively with the least social and economic disruption.
New Zealand—with its closed borders, vaccine deals and elimination of the virus in the community—remains No. 1 in December, with Taiwan edging into second place as the onset of cold weather challenges previously top-ranked places like Japan and South Korea.
The winter wave’s ferocity is testing their approach of trying to tame Covid-19 without locking down. Japan—No. 2 in November—Korea and Sweden have all fallen in the Ranking as people’s migration indoors fuels the virus’s spread, putting pressure on their long-standing strategies of suppressing the pathogen with minimal disruption. Lauded for its early focus on testing and cutting-edge contact tracing, Korea is trying to avoid imposing its toughest curbs yet.
Covid Resilience Ranking
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Rank Change Economy Bloomberg Resilience Score 1-month cases per 100,000 1-month case fatality rate Total deaths per 1 million Positive test rate Access to Covid vaccines |
| 1 | – | New Zealand | 85.6 | 2 | 0% | 5 | 0.1% | 246.8% | | 2 | ?1 | Taiwan | 82.4 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0.7% | 26.2% | | 3 | ?4 | Australia | 81 | 1 | 0.3% | 36 | 0% | 229.9% | | 4 | ?2 | Norway | 77 | 213 | 0.8% | 75 | 2.3% | 172.4% | | 5 | ?6 | Singapore | 76.2 | 4 | 0.4% | 5 | 0% | 85.5% | | 6 | ?1 | Finland | 75.8 | 218 | 0.9% | 88 | 2.8% | 172.4% | | 7 | ?5 | Japan | 74.5 | 54 | 1.2% | 22 | 6.2% | 119.9% | | 8 | ?4 | South Korea | 73.3 | 38 | 0.9% | 13 | 2.9% | 70.8% | | 9 | ?1 | China | 72 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 0.1% | 76.6% | | 10 | ?1 | Denmark | 70.8 | 1,093 | 0.4% | 176 | 3.6% | 172.4% | | 11 | ?2 | Canada | 70 | 481 | 1.5% | 375 | 8.6% | 511.3% | | 12 | ?2 | Vietnam | 69.7 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0.1% | 5% | | 13 | ?1 | Hong Kong | 68.5 | 34 | 0.8% | 17 | 0.2% | 99.7% | | 14 | ?1 | Thailand | 68.5 | 1 | 0% | 1 | 0.3% | 18.7% | | 15 | ?5 | Ireland | 67.3 | 182 | 1.5% | 436 | 3% | 172.4% | | 16 | ?1 | U.A.E. | 65.6 | 363 | 0.2% | 64 | 0.8% | 35.8% | | 17 | ?4 | Israel | 62.4 | 521 | 0.7% | 355 | 2.6% | 137.6% | | 18 | ?4 | Russia | 61.7 | 527 | 1.9% | 341 | 5.7% | 107% | | 19 | ?4 | Netherlands | 61.3 | 1,206 | 0.8% | 615 | 12% | 172.4% | | 20 | ?4 | Bangladesh | 59.2 | 34 | 1.6% | 44 | 10.2% | 5% | | 21 | ?7 | Germany | 59.2 | 692 | 2.1% | 309 | 11.5% | 172.4% | | 22 | ?7 | Malaysia | 58.4 | 122 | 0.3% | 13 | 6.5% | 24.6% | | 23 | ?3 | Switzerland | 57.5 | 1,310 | 2.3% | 763 | 16% | 97.5% | | 24 | ?1 | Egypt | 57.1 | 12 | 4.4% | 69 | — | 61% | | 25 | ?7 | Saudi Arabia | 56.8 | 17 | 6.1% | 176 | 0.4% | 5% | | 26 | ?13 | Iraq | 56.5 | 128 | 1.6% | 315 | 3.8% | 5% | | 27 | ?11 | Sweden | 55.5 | 1,573 | 1% | 791 | 14.8% | 172.4% | | 28 | ?10 | Chile | 54.8 | 239 | 2.4% | 842 | 4.8% | 139.3% | | 29 | ?2 | Pakistan | 54.8 | 38 | 2% | 42 | 7.1% | 26.5% | | 30 | ?2 | U.K. | 54.6 | 785 | 2.4% | 990 | 6.4% | 294.7% | | 31 | ?11 | Nigeria | 53.6 | 6 | 0.4% | 6 | 14.2% | 5% | | 32 | ?13 | Indonesia | 52.9 | 62 | 2.3% | 72 | 21.1% | 50% | | 33 | ?8 | Spain | 52.6 | 514 | 2.6% | 1,046 | 6% | 172.4% | | 34 | ?11 | France | 52.4 | 546 | 3.4% | 927 | 6.1% | 172.4% | | 35 | ?11 | Philippines | 51.7 | 39 | 2.1% | 81 | 4.2% | 6.2% | | 36 | ?1 | Brazil | 51.4 | 561 | 1.5% | 877 | — | 63.5% | | 37 | ?19 | U.S. | 51.2 | 1,734 | 1.1% | 955 | 13.3% | 153.7% | | 38 | ?3 | South Africa | 50.9 | 252 | 2.5% | 414 | 20.3% | 5% | | 39 | ?5 | India | 50.6 | 69 | 1.4% | 105 | 2.6% | 85.4% | | 40 | ?7 | Portugal | 50.3 | 1,189 | 1.9% | 595 | 11.9% | 172.4% | | 41 | ?5 | Austria | 50.2 | 1,131 | 2.9% | 578 | 11.2% | 172.4% | | 42 | ?7 | Czech Republic | 49.2 | 1,226 | 2.5% | 959 | 23.1% | 172.4% | | 43 | ?5 | Colombia | 48.5 | 516 | 2% | 791 | — | 32.7% | | 44 | ?6 | Belgium | 48.4 | 605 | 4.6% | 1,600 | 6.9% | 172.4% | | 45 | ?15 | Turkey | 47.6 | 1,860 | 0.4% | 212 | 14.8% | 30.1% | | 46 | ?1 | Iran | 47.1 | 385 | 3% | 636 | 21.3% | 5% | | 47 | ?3 | Poland | 47.1 | 990 | 3.3% | 667 | 32.6% | 172.4% | | 48 | ?5 | Romania | 46.3 | 961 | 2.5% | 743 | 21.6% | 172.4% | | 49 | ?9 | Italy | 45.8 | 980 | 3.4% | 1,132 | 10% | 172.4% | | 50 | ?19 | Greece | 44.7 | 409 | 6.3% | 394 | 8.1% | 172.4% | | 51 | – | Peru | 40.6 | 138 | 3.1% | 1,118 | — | 37.7% | | 52 | – | Argentina | 37.8 | 394 | 2.8% | 924 | 32.5% | 47.7% | | 53 | – | Mexico | 35.3 | 223 | 5.9% | 914 | 40% | 119.2% |
Note: Latest data as of Dec. 20, 2pm Hong Kong time. See more, here.
while not perfect, I'm happy where I am, how is it under trump the USA is #37 and dropping?
on the web site those ? are arrows up and down
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