“COVID-19 “Cases up only because of our big number testing.”
What FactCheck.org found
While testing can explain some of the additional cases, it fails to account for all of them, as the proportion of positive tests is increasing in many states.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (President of the United States) made this claim around 23 June 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 25 June 2020, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
One other organisation checked what looks like the same claim. Their ratings are listed below.
Also checked by
- PolitiFact: False“COVID-19 cases are “up only because of our big number testing.”
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