Uruguay leads the world in new cases per capita; Brazil overtakes US in total deaths per capita.
Apr 17, 2021
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Uruuguay now leads the world in new cases per capita (almost 1000 per million per day average) — followed by Turkey and Sweden.
With respect to current rates of fatalities eastern Europe is leading the league tables — but Uruguay is also very high (position #6).
Brazil now has a higher total level of deaths per capita than the US. Currently Brazil leads the world in total average deaths per day at around 3,100 — that’s 15 deaths per million per day. The US (larger population) has total of around 760 deaths per day — that’s 2.3 deaths per million per day.
Total COVID deaths since inception are listed below. At the current difference between US and Brazil, Brazil will have the worlds leading level of total deaths within 3 months.
