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Table 1 Average days to a high Stringency Index (SI), peak number of daily new cases from starting a response, or from first reported case

From: The relationship between time to a high COVID-19 response level and timing of peak daily incidence: an analysis of governments’ Stringency Index from 148 countries

Initiation stage

Days from first case reported to the date of reaching a high SI level

Days from first case reported to the date of peak number of daily new case

Days from starting a response to the date of reaching a high SI level

Days from starting a response to the date of peak number of daily new cases

Mean (SD)

Median (Q1, Q3)

Mean (SD)

Median (Q1, Q3)

Mean (SD)

Median (Q1, Q3)

Mean (SD)

Median (Q1, Q3)

Earlier than January 13, 2020

48.1 (30.2)

48.5 (25.0, 76.5)

48.2 (32.8)

58.0 (21.0, 66.0)

84.6 (22.1)

92.0 (77.0, 100)

92.0 (15.1)

96.0 (81.0, 100)

Between January 13 and February 12, 2020

29.9 (20.3)

25.0 (15.0, 48.0)

47.7 (21.0)

48.0 (34.0, 59.0)

58.0 (16.3)

57.5 (51.0, 65.0)

77.9 (19.2)

81.0 (66.0, 94.0)

Between February 13 and March 11, 2020

22.0 (17.3)

17.0 (13.0, 27.0)

37.4 (18.9)

36.0 (23.5, 49.0)

26.7 (14.4)

22.5 (16.5, 35.5)

44.5 (14.9)

45.0 (31.0, 58.5)

After March 11, 2020

13.2 (10.4)

9.5 (6.0, 16.0)

29.1 (17.9)

28.0 (17.0, 35.0)

13.2 (7.1)

13.0 (8.0, 16.0)

29.7 (16.4)

25.0 (16.0, 43.0)

Overall

26.0 (20.4)

20.0 (12.0, 33.0)

41.9 (21.8)

41.5 (25.0, 57.0)

43.6 (25.6)

47.0 (18.0, 61.0)

61.6 (27.0)

61.5 (38.0, 84.0)

  1. SD standard deviation, Q1 first quartile, Q3 third quartile