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Trump claims lowest COVID-19 mortality rate as US surpasses 140,000 deaths
Trump claims lowest COVID-19 mortality rate as US surpasses 140,000 deaths
Sky News Australia
2 hrs ago
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United States President Donald Trump claimed the country has the lowest COVID-19 mortality rate in the world, despite contributing nearly a quarter of virus-related deaths to the global figure.
More than 140,000 people have died in the US after contracting the virus with more than 70,000 new cases and 912 fatalities recorded on Friday alone, marking the fourth consecutive day of deaths exceeding 900.
The nation’s mortality rate sat at 3.8 per cent with a reported 43 deaths per 100,000 people.
I know we can go around in circles with numbers, but going by deaths per million population, we’re the tenth worst on Worldometers. Some of the few countries with worse rates include the UK. France, Italy, San Marino. But San Marino was hard hit and also tiny.