Letter: The U.S. lags behind in coronavirus testing

In a May 15 letter to the editor, James Wickizer stated that “according to multiple sources,” the coronavirus death rate is around 1%.I have been monitoring Worldometers’ world and U.S. coronavirus data with respect to confirmed cases of the virus and resultant deaths. This data shows that coronavirus deaths per confirmed cases in the U.S. is in excess of 5.9%.I also looked at published CDC data over the past 10 years or so that showed that influenza mortality over that period