▁of ▁the ▁out break ▁and ▁fatal ities ▁would ▁soon ▁increase . ▁Possible ▁explan ations ▁have ▁included : ▁ ▁Germany ▁tested ▁more ▁extens ively , ▁which ▁decre ased ▁the ▁uncertainty ▁about ▁the ▁proportion ▁of ▁asympt om atic ▁inf ected ▁and ▁brought ▁the ▁calculated ▁mort ality ▁rate ▁closer ▁to ▁the ▁actual ▁( lower ) ▁mort ality ▁rate . ▁The ▁extensive ▁testing ▁found ▁younger ▁and ▁less ▁sick ▁people ▁more ▁often : ▁their ▁median ▁age ▁was ▁given ▁as ▁ 4 7 ▁or ▁ 4 5 ▁years , ▁whereas ▁Italy ▁tested ▁older ▁and ▁s icker ▁people ▁at ▁a ▁median ▁of ▁ 6 3 ▁years . ▁Many ▁early ▁in fe ctions ▁happened ▁in ▁ski ers ▁returning ▁from ▁Ty rol , ▁who ▁t ended ▁to ▁be ▁fit ▁people ▁rather ▁than ▁persons ▁at ▁higher ▁risk ▁of ▁comp lications , ▁and ▁contributed ▁a ▁neg lig ible ▁mort ality . ▁ ▁Since ▁Germany ▁has ▁no ▁routine ▁for ▁post - mort em ▁tests , ▁unlike ▁Italy ▁it ▁may ▁not ▁have ▁discovered ▁all ▁death s . ▁In ▁Spain , ▁the ▁first ▁death ▁was ▁also ▁discovered ▁by ▁a ▁test ▁carried ▁out ▁post - mort em . ▁ ▁The ▁elder ly ▁in ▁Germany ▁often ▁do ▁not ▁live ▁in ▁extended ▁families , ▁which ▁reduces ▁in fe ctions . ▁ ▁Germany ▁has ▁many ▁test ▁labor ator ies ▁and ▁a ▁week ly ▁test ▁capacity ▁of ▁ 1 6 0 ▁thousand ▁and ▁could ▁have ▁a ▁lower ▁number ▁of ▁un record ed ▁cases ▁of ▁in fe ctions ▁than ▁for ▁example ▁Italy , ▁though ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁tests ▁including ▁negative ▁results ▁was ▁unknown