“I think the 3.4% is really a false number," referring to the World Health Organization saying 3.4% of reported COVID-19 patients worldwide have died.”
Donald Trump
President of the United States. Fox News interview. Claim dated 5 Mar 2020.
FactCheck.org rated thisWe Explain the Number
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Donald Trump (President of the United States) made this claim around 5 March 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 18 March 2020, 13 days later. Its rating was “We Explain the Number”.
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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