I have a bit of a problem with the reporting....I'm in Canada, and we're about 1/10th the size of the United States, so its even less.
But I'm looking at the numbers being reported by some countries, and I'm scratching my head. I think it could very well be that some places are over reporting, while others are under reporting. I don't really know what the standard is. If an 80 year old resident of a nursing home has alzheimers, diabetes and failing kidneys....and that is not uncommon, if this person contracts the virus and dies....is that a Covid-19 death?
Its almost like a guy who jumps off the top of a 25 storey building into the parking lot, but on the way down gets hit by a gunshot while passing the 5th floor which kills him instantly before he hits the pavement. Is it death by suicide or a gun related fatality?
It looks to me like the worst outbreaks are happening in densely populated urban centres....and the United States has lots of them. I'm in Canada and our largest city is Toronto, its roughly the size of Houston....after that we only have another 4 or 5 cities with populations of 1 million+.....