As of today, USA has 26 deaths per million, and Germany 17. There is a good chance that due to limited testing the USA infections are under reported.
When the testing in USA will ramp up, the absolute infection count will go up, and the relative death counts in both countries might look more similar.
It's not clear to me how they decide who to test here in the US. They're just starting voluntary testing tomorrow in our county in New Jersey at the Motor Vehicle Bureau. If they work it like when you have to go there to take care of your car, we'll be standing on line for a week. I wonder if they'll be passing out masks?
MIDDLESEX COUNTY TESTING SITE: Schedule your appointment with Middlesex County Office of Health Services on SUNDAY, APRIL 5 beginning at 10:00 a.m. to make an appointment time for MONDAY, APRIL 6. Location: NJ MVC Kilmer Vehicle Inspection Center in Edison. Here are the statistics of testing in New Jersey. It's meaningless without knowing who they're testing. It seems that they've only tested patients. The new local testing might be just people who want to be tested. But even that won't be a random test. If it's people suspected of having the disease, than it won't show what the infection rate is in the general public. I suspect we won't know the real rates until this whole thing is over.
NJ TESTING BY-THE-NUMBERS: As of Saturday, April 4,2020 a total of 75,336 patients tested in NJ. Of today’s number 7,853, there were 4,229 positives and 3,624 negatives. The overall test positivity: 45% and new test positivity is 54%. This positivity rate is still way too high.
How do they test in other countries?