(CNN) The first tragedy of America's bleak coronavirus milestone is that 100,000 people didn't have to die. The virus has also exploited monetary divides, as infections at meat-packing plants show , while many white-collar workers work from home. According to the latest data from the Covid Tracking Project, the US has now conducted 15 million tests during the pandemic. The US has a rate of 30 deaths per 100,000 in the population, significantly lower than hard-hit nations like Britain, France and Italy. But the US is worse off than Germany with 10 deaths per 100,000 in the population and South Korea with 0.52 deaths per 100,000, according to figures prepared by Johns Hopkins University.

Source: CNN May 27, 2020 22:16 UTC