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“Cases, numbers and deaths (of COVID-19) are going down all over the Country!”
Donald Trump president. a tweet. Claim dated 24 May 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True

What PolitiFact found

The daily number of new infections and deaths is going down nationally and in many states. However, a significant minority of states are seeing the number of new, daily infections rise. It's more like a patchwork.

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

Donald Trump (president) made this claim around 24 May 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 28 May 2020, 4 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.

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.

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