Data analysis: How much are countries testing and what is the outcome

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I have always been interested in how many tests a certain country is actually performing. Unfortunately, the data available data basis & quality is quite bad. Worldometer is at least compiling the numbers for some countries which I used for some basic calculations with quite interesting outcomes. Surprise surprise^^: The odd one out seems to be the US.

Disclaimer: I am not quite 100% sure if the date of the test number data really matches the data or the corresponding case number - but the calculated figures are at least a coarse indication.

Country	No. of tests	No. of pos. cases	Tests per mio. pop	Cases per mio. pop.	Quota of positive tests	Pop. in mio.
South Korea	109591	5186	2136.3	101.1	4.7	51.3
Italy	23345	2036	385.2	33.6	8.7	60.6
Austria	2120	18	235.6	2.0	0.8	9.0
Switzerland	1850	30	212.6	3.4	1.6	8.7
UK	13525	41	199.2	0.6	0.3	67.9
Finland	130	7	23.6	1.3	5.4	5.5
Vietnam	1737	16	17.9	0.2	0.9	97.3
US	472	103	1.4	0.3	21.8	331.0
Germany*	10700*	130**	129.2	1.6	1.2	82.8
Australia	10000	39	406.5	1.6	0.4	24.6

Data sources:

- https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/covid-19-testing/ (All except Germany / Australia)

- https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/medizin/coronavirus-fuer-die-breite-bevoelkerung-besteht-kein-grund-zur-panik-a-3a2afc06-f797-4960-aa3c-166737479b37 (*Test data only available for for the last week, **corresponding case number from this week)

- https://www.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/fcza2d/tests_completedpopulation_us_472327_million_uk/fje4org?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x (Australia, thanks to u/morgenthau100)

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