“Says the current survival rate for COVID-19 in the U.S. is “98.54%”
Social media posts
Claim dated 14 Apr 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True
What PolitiFact found
The current COVID-19 survival rate in the U.S. isn’t 98.54%, as one Facebook post claims. In an ongoing pandemic the numbers continue to change.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 14 April 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 7 May 2020, 23 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
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