The US is 19 times larger than Spain...33 times larger than Italy...18 times larger than France...and 28 times larger than Germany...
Germany is about the size of Montana alone and is about 3 times the size of New York...
As of 7:00 am 4/17/20
Spain......19,315 deaths x 19 = 366,985 Italy........ 22,170 deaths x 33 = 731,610 France... 17,920 deaths x 18 = 322,560 Germany 4,108 deaths x 28 = 115,024
Not to mention most all deaths in the US are being labeled as CV-19 whether they are or not...
The Death rate in March was 1.38%...The survival rate is 98.62%...
Perspective....
You're correct that comparing numbers directly isn't comparing apples to apples. But neither is a linear scaling by population. The population density (which is a major factor in the spread of coronavirus) of all of those European countries is much higher than the population density of the America.
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