Limited coronavirus testing in the US so far means people with mild cases probably haven't been confirmed as infected so aren't counted.
The US has the highest death rate for the novel coronavirus of any country with more than a handful of cases: Based on the official totals of deaths and cases, 5.4% of patients have died. That's far higher than the global rate of 3.4% that World Health Organization cited on Tuesday — and even higher than mainland China's 3.7%.
Because widespread testing wasn't possible in the US immediately after the first cases were reported, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention held stringent standards for who qualified for a test. Until Wednesday, the agency tested only people who had recent exposure to a confirmed patient, had traveled to a country with an outbreak, or required hospitalization.
"Other countries are testing much more broadly than we are," William Schaffner, an infectious-disease specialist at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, previously told Business Insider."We are trotting along while they're racing along."To be sure, the US has a much lower case count overall than either South Korea or China, so any death significantly affects the country's fatality rate.
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