A lot depends on who and how much is tested in the respective countries. Differences can be seen in the statistics (by age, number of hospitalized, etc.)
A leading German virologist believes that Germany recognized his outbreak very early and tested a lot.
The transcripts of his podcasts can be found here:
Weil viele Hörerinnen und Hörer danach gefragt haben, bieten wir den Podcast auch in schriftlicher Form an. Hier finden Sie alle Skripte zum Herunterladen als PDF.
www.ndr.de
You just have to have them machine-translated.
For example you can find something on the first page of Podcast 11,