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In fact, three countries alone — Russia, Germany and Italy — have done more combined testing than the U.S., according to a reference website tracking global testing for the disease. The president most recently made the false statement at an April 28 White House event highlighting the federal Paycheck Protection Program for small businesses affected by the coronavirus outbreak. But he has been making a version of the claim for more than a week. (We’re not the first to point out he’s wrong.) > Trump, April 28: We are way ahead on testing. We are the best in the world > on testing. We’ve tested much more than anybody else, times two — or every > country combined. We’ve tested more than every country combined. As of the afternoon of April 29, the U.S had done almost 6.03 million tests for the disease, according to data collected by Worldometer, a widely cited data aggregation website. (The website’s “about” page says it is run by an “international team of developers, researchers, and volunteers” and “published by a small and independent digital media company based in the United States.”) The U.S. total is indeed more than any single country has reportedly done — but not more than all other countries combined. Adding together just the number of tests conducted by Russia, Germany and Italy — the next three countries that have done the most testing — would produce a higher figure (about 7.29 million) than the U.S. total. And, overall, there have been nearly 25 million tests performed by the 172 non-U.S. countries for which Worldometer has data. So, Trump’s claim is not even close to being accurate. We would also note — as we have before — that the U.S. trails many countries in terms of testing on a per-capita basis, according to multiple sources. Worldometer, for example, shows the U.S. doing 18,216 tests per 1 million people, as of April 29. 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We’ve tested more than every country combined referring to COVID19 diagnostic testing