US President Donald Trump has said that the country has conducted the highest number of COVID-19 tests, with India being the second largest.
He said this in his acceptance speech to the Republican National Convention which re-nominated him as the Republican Partyโs presidential candidate.
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โThe US has conducted 40 million more tests than the next closest nation, which is India,โ Trump said.
โWe developed a wide array of effective treatments, including a powerful antibody treatment known as convalescent plasma,โ he added.
โYou saw that on Sunday night when we announced that weโll save thousands and thousands of lives. Thanks to advances, we have pioneered the fatality rate,โ he added.
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โAnd you look at it and you look at the numbers, it has been reduced by 80 per cent since April,โ he further said.
It may be mentioned here that the US president was addressing a gathering of 10,000 people and many did not wear face masks and were seated close together.
The US is among the lowest case fatality rates of any major country anywhere in the world, Trump said.
โThe European Unionโs case fatality rate is nearly three times higher than ours, but you donโt hear that,โ he added.
โThey donโt write about that. They donโt want to write about that. They donโt want you to know those things,โ he further said.