US death toll closes in on Italy's as Midwest braces

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Source: Associated Press

By KATHLEEN FOODY, AMY FORLITI and GEIR MOULSON
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CHICAGO (AP) — The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus briefly overtook Italy’s for the highest in the world Saturday, according to the running tally kept by Johns Hopkins University.

The United States eclipsed Italy in reporting more than 18,850 dead around midday. A short time afterward, Italy reported a total of nearly 19,500.

Deaths have been declining in recent days in Italy while rising rapidly in the U.S.

The Johns Hopkins figures are based on data supplied by government health authorities around the world. The true numbers of dead and infected are believed to be much higher because of testing shortages, different counting practices and concealment by some governments.

Read more: https://apnews.com/040ecc3fb10e961714a3211ad1c049df

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1. "because of testing shortages" by design.

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2. 330 million people compared to 60 million.

What does that come out to in per capita stats?

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3. give it time

we are just getting started

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5. As it stands, the per-capita value

in Italy is about 5 times that of the US. But Italy is further ahead in the process.

If you "line up" the start times between the US and Italy, Italy was about 1.4 times where the US is now. This might vary a little based on how to define the "start time".

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4. I don't see deaths rapidly rising in the US, at least recently.

Last five days have been roughly the same.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/