How U.S. Coronavirus Outbreak Compares With Rest of World
Novel coronavirus cases in the U.S. continue to soar, surpassing 4.7 million, including more than 155,400 deaths, according to the latest report Tuesday by Johns Hopkins University.
The U.S. currently has the world's highest number of confirmed cases and deaths. The country's latest seven-day moving average of daily new cases and new deaths are both higher than that reported in at least 10 other countries, including Spain, China, Brazil and other parts of Europe and Asia.
However, on Monday President Donald Trump made several claims about the U.S. rankings on COVID-19 figures, including deaths, stating: "The United States is lowest in numerous categories. We're lower than the world, we're lower than Europe," in an interview with Jonathan Swan for Axios.
"And because we do more tests, we have more cases," Trump added.
When Swan noted: "I'm talking about death as a proportion of population. That's where the U.S. is really bad. Much worse than South Korea, Germany," Trump replied: "You can't do that," claiming deaths should be considered as a proportion of cases.
.@jonathanvswan: “Oh, you’re doing death as a proportion of cases. I’m talking about death as a proportion of population. That’s where the U.S. is really bad. Much worse than South Korea, Germany, etc.”@realdonaldtrump: “You can’t do that.”
— Axios (@axios) August 4, 2020
Swan: “Why can’t I do that?” pic.twitter.com/MStySfkV39
Here we look at the total infections, deaths, daily new cases and daily new deaths reported in the U.S., compared with that of other major countries.
Total infections
Source: Johns Hopkins University (as of Tuesday)
- U.S.: 4,713,562 confirmed cases (out of 328.2 million total population)
- Brazil: 2,750,318 (out of 213.4 million)
- India: 1,855,745 (out of 1.3 billion)
- Russia: 854,641 (out of 142.3 million)
- U.K.: 307,251 (out of 66 million)
- Spain: 297,054 (out of 47.2 million)
- Italy: 248,229 (out of 62.4 million)
- France: 225,198 (out of 68 million)
- Germany: 212,111 (out of 80 million)
- China: 88,099 (out of 1.4 billion)
- South Korea: 14,423 (out of 51.7 million)
Total deaths
Source: Johns Hopkins University (as of Tuesday)
- U.S.: 155,471
- Brazil: 94,655
- U.K.: 46,295
- India: 38,938
- Italy: 35,166
- France: 30,268
- Spain: 28,472
- Russia: 14,327
- Germany: 9,161
- China: 4,672
- South Korea: 301
7-day moving average of daily new cases
Source: Worldometer (latest figures for Monday)
- U.S.: 60,953 new cases
- India: 53,261
- Brazil: 44,027
- Russia: 5,449
- Spain: 2,610
- France: 1,174
- U.K.: 787
- Germany: 706
- Italy: 274
- China: 77
- South Korea: 31
7-day moving average of daily new deaths
Source: Worldometer (latest figures for Monday)
- U.S.: 1,125 new deaths
- Brazil: 1,004
- India: 789
- Russia: 122
- U.K.: 64
- France: 12
- Italy: 8
- Spain: 6
- Germany: 4
- South Korea: 1
- China: 0
More than 18.3 million people globally have been infected since the virus was first reported in Wuhan, China, including over 4.7 million in the U.S. Over 10.9 million globally have reportedly recovered from infection, while over 694,400 have died, as of Tuesday, according to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University.
The graphics below, provided by Statista, illustrate the spread of COVID-19 cases in the U.S.
The graphic below, provided by Statista, illustrates countries with the most COVID-19 cases.
