President Trump has repeatedly claimed the U.S. is doing more coronavirus testing than any other country. But measured on a per capita basis, Italy is testing about three times as many people as the U.S.
President Trump listens as Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House on Sunday.President Trump listens as Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House on Sunday.
The U.S has ramped up testing, but still lags other countries like Italy and South Korea, when it comes to testing on a per capita basis. But the U.S population is around 327 million, which means about 1 in 366 people are getting tested. For comparison, Italy has a population of about 60 million and has done approximately 454,000 tests, meaning 1 in 133 people are being tested there — about three times more, per capita, than in the U.S.
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