One chart compares coronavirus cases per capita in the hardest-hit countries around the world — Switzerland, Spain, and Italy top the list

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• The US, China, and Italy (in that order) have the highest number of coronavirus cases in the world.
• But comparing the number of cases per million residents tells a different story about which countries are hardest hit by the pandemic.
• Switzerland has the highest number of COVID-19 cases per capita — 1,340 cases per million people —followed by Spain and Italy.
• The number of US coronavirus cases per capita is far lower: about 210 people are infected per million Americans.
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The US, China, and Italy (in that order) have the highest number of coronavirus cases in the world. But an analysis of coronavirus cases per capita — the number of cases per million residents — in various countries reveals a different story.

Switzerland, not China, tops the list of COVID-19 cases per capita, with 1,340 cases per million people. It's followed by Spain, then Italy.

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