"RFK Jr. is wrong. Peru had the highest COVID-19 death rate, not the U.S." 🔸Peru had the highest COVID-19 death rate per capita from January 2020 to March 2023 with 665.84 deaths per 100,000. The U.S. rate was nearly half at 341.11 per 100,000 people, according to Johns Hopkins University.
Peru had the highest COVID-19 death rate, not the U.S.During a CNN interview, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the U.S. had the highest death rate from COVID-19. Peru’s was higher.politifact.com