“[W]hen I turn on the news, I see, 'cases, cases, cases.' They don’t talk about deaths being cut down to a level that — actually, 'tenfold,' they use.”
What FactCheck.org found
Data from three sources show that, as of July 14, the total number, and seven-day average, of daily deaths from COVID-19 had declined between threefold and fourfold from its peak more than two months ago.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (President of the United States) made this claim around 14 July 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 16 July 2020, 2 days later. Its rating was “Outdated Figure”.
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-conference-…
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