In Germany, just 0.6% of their confirmed coronavirus cases have so far ended up being fatal - the lowest figure amongst any of the most affected countries
Whereas, if a country carries out more tests, and also identifies people with mild forms of the disease, their figure will be much lower.
Germany's low case fatality rate is therefore partly caused by the fact it has tested more people and, as a result, has identified more mild instances of the disease. By testing people who might have been exposed to the disease, Germany has been able to identify cases of coronavirus quicker and isolate people who have been infected.
In Italy, deaths were reported as soon as the case numbers began to increase, while in Germany hundreds of cases were confirmed before the first death was recorded. The initial concentration of the disease among younger people in Germany appears to have been because many of those infected were people returning from skiing holidays in Italy.
One final factor that may have helped keep the case fatality rate low in Germany is the number of acute care hospital beds available.
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