According to worldometers.info, as of Oct. 9 there had been 98,549,246 cases of coronavirus in the US, leading to 1,087,873 deaths; 95,646,286 were considered to have recovered.
Worldwide, the corresponding figures are 626,457,143, 6,560,573, and 606,047,762.
Thus the United States, with 4.25% of the world’s population, has accounted for 15.7% of the cases and 16.6% of the deaths. Note that these ratios are probably somewhat high, since figures from the rest of the world are probably under-reported.
According to worldometers.info, as of Oct. 9 there had been 98,549,246 cases of coronavirus in the US, leading to 1,087,873 deaths; 95,646,286 were considered to have recovered.
Worldwide, the corresponding figures are 626,457,143, 6,560,573, and 606,047,762.
Thus the United States, with 4.25% of the world’s population, has accounted for 15.7% of the cases and 16.6% of the deaths. Note that these ratios are probably somewhat high, since figures from the rest of the world are probably under-reported.