The scope of testing affects how large a number of positive tests there are.
In relation to Denmark’s location, it is part of history that Denmark tests between three and seven times as much as the six countries that are lower than Denmark.
Below is the list that calculates the number of weekly infections per 100,000 inhabitants per week:
To understand how significant the infection is in many places, one can compare the figures with the Danish authorities advising against unnecessary travel to a country if there are more than 30 new cases of infection per week per 100,000 inhabitants.
1. Belgium: 868.
2. Czech Republic: 788.
3. Luxembourg: 663.
4. Slovenia: 541.
Liechtenstein: 426.
6. France: 386.
7. Holland. 380.
8. Croatia: 318.
9. Slovakia: 276.
10. Poland: 270.
11. Spain: 265.
12. Austria: 257.
13. Italy: 244.
14. United Kingdom: 234.
15. Portugal: 216.
Malta: 193.
17. Hungary: 179.
18. Bulgaria: 175.
19. Romania: 171.
20. Lithuania: 147.
21. Ireland: 123.
22. Iceland: 117.
23. Cyprus: 110.
24. Germany: 108.
25. Denmark: 103.
26. Sweden: 102.
27. Greece: 73.
28. Latvia: 70.
29. Estonia: 34.
30. Norway: 32.
31. Finland: 26.
Source: European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
* In reading the figures, one must be aware that there is a big difference in how much the individual countries test. It affects how many infected people are registered.
Source: The Nordic Page