Fatality rate
The President has
previously bragged that the US has the lowest coronavirus mortality rate worldwide. During Tuesday's press conference, he was less definitive.
"Our case fatality rate has continued to decline and is lower than the European Union and almost everywhere else in the world," Trump said.
He later added: "We have done much better than most and with the fatality rate at a lower rate than most."
Facts First: By several measures, the US coronavirus fatality rate is one of the highest worldwide.
While the observed case-fatality ratio has decreased since earlier this month, as of Tuesday morning the US fatality rate of 3.7% was lower than only nine of the 20 countries most affected by covid-19, according to data from Johns Hopkins. In terms of coronavirus deaths per capita, the US ranked third.