“The United States has achieved a significant lower [COVID-19] mortality rate than almost all other countries.”
What FactCheck.org found
As of April 16, there were at least 90 countries with a lower case fatality rate than the U.S., according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (President of the United States) made this claim around 16 April 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 17 April 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “Not What Data Show”.
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-vice-president-pe…
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