the most thorough and comprehensive COVID testing program in the world. They also did a great job of getting out ahead of this thing and bent the curve earlier than any other large country, minimizing the number of infected.
Another data point: the Diamond Princess cruise ship, which was a sad situation but provided a unique opportunity to track the virus in a contained environment. The current death rate for the Diamond Princess is also 1.4%, with 10 deaths out of 712 infected (15 passengers are still in critical condition).