U.S. CASE FATALITY RATE LOWER THAN MAJORITY OF OECD COUNTRIES

Key Points:

  • The case fatality rate is the proportion of deaths from COVID-19 compared to the total number of people who have contracted the virus.
  • The U.S. COVID-19 case fatality rate has dropped to 1.4% in the last 7 days. Overall, the U.S. case fatality rate is 3.4%.
  • In the last 7 days, the U.K., Mexico, Ireland, Sweden, Greece, Chile, Italy, Colombia, Slovenia, and Turkey have the highest case fatality rates of the OECD countries.
  • Overall, France, the U.K., Belgium, Italy, Hungary, Netherlands, Mexico, and Spain the highest case fatality rates, each above 10.0%.
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