Trump is reciting statistics about coronavirus spikes in European countries, boasts that "in our country, they're going down."
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 11, 2020
The spikes are *way* smaller than the ongoing US calamity. For example, Germany has just reported 966 new cases and four new deaths.
Here's another way to visualize the case spikes in Germany and France versus the ongoing situation in the US. pic.twitter.com/JRTfjIldOl
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 11, 2020
Here, from the NYT, are charts of the recent coronavirus case spikes in Germany and France, which Trump used today to suggest the US is doing better than those countries. pic.twitter.com/hhRtgKjQKG
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 11, 2020
Aaaaand:
Florida reported a record 277 deaths today. Given the reporting problems there over the last week, there may be more deaths from further in the past than on a standard day. pic.twitter.com/IwSDY25ItE
— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) August 11, 2020
Our daily update is published. States reported 739k tests and 56k cases, as well as 1,326 deaths. This week, we hope to see data that is less marred by outages and reporting problems. pic.twitter.com/z6nswrbN64
— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) August 11, 2020