Trump slammed for lie US COVID-19 mortality rate is ‘just about the lowest in the world!’ when America is number 2

President Donald Trump is under fire for lying about the mortality rate of coronavirus patients in the U.S. versus other countries in the world.

According to Johns-Hopkins, which is considered the gold standard for coronavirus datas and statistics, the mortality rate for those suffering from  COVID-19 is the second-highest among the top 20 nations "currently most affected by COVID-19 worldwide." Only the UK, which chose to ignore the data and try out the failed "herd immunity" tactic, is higher.

This is the most-recent Johns Hopkins chart of coronavirus deaths per 100,000:

Even looking at the "observed case fatality ratio," the U.S. comes in sixth-highest.

And looking at another source, Worldometers, which is more extensive (although some say possibly less-reliable,) in coronavirus deaths per 1 million population, the U.S. ranks ninth-worst.

Here's Trump's dangerous lie, which includes his racist name for coronavirus:

Here's how some are responding: