President Donald Trump has claimed coronavirus deaths in the United States are “way down”, while his son Donald Jr says deaths are now at “almost nothing”.
Neither assertion is true.
I’ll give you the facts first here, and then we’ll examine the Trumps’ claims.
According to Johns Hopkins University, the US reported 88,521 new confirmed infections yesterday, which is the highest daily total since the pandemic started.
It also recorded another 971 deaths, roughly in line with the daily average in recent weeks.
For context, the US is currently averaging more deaths each day than…
