Early (years) reactions: comparative analysis of early childhood policies and programs during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic

Table 2 Comparison of epidemiology of COVID-19 in included countries until August 31, 2020

	Date of 1st reported case	Date of peak new cases per day	Peak new cases per day/million	GSI at date of peak new cases	Testing capacity per 1000 people at peak new cases	Test positivity at peak (%)
Australia	January 25	March 30	15.0	79.17	2.62	0.7
Canada	January 26	May 4	47.7	72.69	0.7	6.6
Netherlands	February 28	April 15	65.4	79.63	0.33	21.5
Singapore	January 24	April 27	171.8	85.19	0.54	28.9
UK	February 1	April 24	71.4	79.63	0.37	19.1
USA	January 21	July 23	203.5	67.13	2.89	8.9

^a[28];
^b[30];
^c[30]; testing policies differed by country and in some cases by sub-national level. Percentage positivity should be interpreted in the context of testing eligibility (e.g., many countries limited testing to travellers to countries with known COVID-19 cases until local transmission was identified and testing capacity which was low early in the pandemic

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