As of today, Monday August 24, the United States has had a total of 5,875,939 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and these cases have led to 180,618 deaths. This is far more than any other country and, in fact, represents roughly one-quarter of the world total of 23,638,169 cases and 813,419 deaths.
On a per capita basis, the United States continues to greatly exceed other developed countries in the number of new COVID-19 cases and deaths. As you can see in the graph above, the U.S. currently averages 129 daily cases per million people. This is far more than the 37 daily cases/million people in the European Union. The United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Japan, and New Zealand have an even lower rate.
The graph below shows the daily number of deaths per million people. Again, the United States’ rate of 2.9 daily deaths per million people far exceeds the 0.5 average of Australia in second place. The European Union, Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan and New Zealand are even lower.
The U.S. also exceeds its peers in the number of daily deaths/million people from COVID-19.
Among the U.S. states, Mississippi currently has the most new confirmed cases per million people, followed by North Dakota, Georgia, Tennessee, Nevada, Alabama, Texas, and Kansas (see graph below). If Governor DeSantis was not hiding many of its cases, Florida would also probably rank in the top 5.
U.S. states with the largest number of new confirmed COVID-19 cases per million people.
Mississippi currently leads the states in the number of daily deaths from COVID-19 on a per capita basis, followed by Louisiana, Texas, Nevada, Florida, and Georgia.
U.S. states with the largest number of daily deaths from COVID-19 per million people.
President Trump has shown how truly exceptional the United States can be. Just imagine how many more crises he will be able to ignore and how many more people will die if he is given another term in office.