Impact of lockdown measure on covid-19 incidence and mortality in the top 31countries of the world

As a non-pharmacological intervention measure, lockdown had been implemented by several countries‟ governments across the world to control the COVID-19 pandemic. We aimed to determine the impact of lockdown on the daily average number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in several countries worldwide. Epidemiological data from European Center for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC) was linked with lockdown measures data from “The Assessment Capacities Project” (ACAPS) for the duration December 31, 2019, and June 13, 2020. Upon comparative analysis, i.e., between „lockdown‟ and „no lockdown‟ groups, we observed that countries like India, China, France, Germany, and Mexico had significantly (p