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Controlling for population, Bahrain and the Maldives have similarly grim metrics and have reported far greater death rates than countries like the U.S. and India for a large part of May.
Other countries like Chile and the Seychelles rank among the worst Covid infection surges in the world, though each have higher vaccination levels than the U.S., with experts warning that lifting restrictions too early may have made the public unduly complacent.