“Germany and the United States are the two best in deaths per 100,000 people" for COVID-19.”
What FactCheck.org found
As of May 11, the U.S. had 24.66 deaths per 100,000 people — more than two times higher than Germany (9.24 deaths per 100,000), and the 11 highest rate out of the more than 140 countries.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (President of the United States) made this claim around 11 May 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 12 May 2020, 1 day 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.
Where the claim appeared
- whitehouse.govhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-press-briefing-co…
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