Former President Bill Clinton claimed that the US has just 4% of the world’s population, but 25% of the world’s covid-19 cases.

During his DNC speech, Bill Clinton was referring to a Johns Hopkins study which showed that the U.S. has almost 25% of the world's COVID-19 cases.

During his DNC speech, Bill Clinton was referring to a Johns Hopkins study which showed that the U.S. has almost 25% of the world's COVID-19 cases.According to The Hill, during the Democratic National Convention, former president Bill Clinton criticized President Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic by saying that the US has 4 percent of the world's population, but 25 percent of the world's COVID-19 cases. An article by WUSA9 confirms that this figure is accurate as the US currently accounts for 24.9% of global cases according to a John Hopkins study and has 4.3% of the world's population according to the US Census data.

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