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On Monday , Donald Trumpaddressed the countryalongside a giant banner tell “ America leads the mankind in examination , ” saying that “ We have met the second and we have prevailed . ” He then elucidate that the fight against the computer virus is not over , but that “ We ’ve prevail on examination is what I ’m referring to … We certainly have done a great job on examination . We have prevailed , we have the best equipment anywhere in the humanity . ”

The U.S. does lead the macrocosm in the total number of tests performed to notice the novel coronavirus . However , grant toWorldometer ’s on-going tracker , the U.S. per capita examination rate of 29,209 per 1 million falls behind the Faeroe Islands , Iceland , Gibraltar , the United Arab Emirates , the Falkland Islands , Bahrain , Malta , Luxembourg , San Marino , Lithuania , Bermuda , Cyprus , Denmark , Mauritius , Israel , Spain , the Cayman Islands , Portugal , Belgium , Estonia , Kuwait , Qatar , the Isle of Man , Ireland , Italy , Latvia , New Zealand , Russia , Norway , Brunei , Switzerland , Austria , Australia , Germany , the Channel Islands , Slovenia , Canada , and Singapore .

According to theJohns Hopkins University tracker , the U.S. also has around 1,340,643 confirmed cases — or over 32 percent of the 4,153,871 confirmed cases worldwide .

Donald Trump at a White House press conference on May 11, 2020.