total residents in USA in 2019: 328.200.000
cumulative cases of covid-19 in USA per 2/8/2020: 4.771.060
so yeah, one percent might be right, it's actually 1.5% with these figures.
But
4.8 million is nothing to joke about or be proud of
It's the more than the amount of residents in the state of
Louisiana, who are ranked 25 in the list of
50 states in descending order of total population.
Or, to be put differently: it's nearly the same as the entire amount of residents in the country of
New Zealand!!
But also note:
Cases only include people who were tested and confirmed positive. Testing rules and availability vary by country. Some areas may not have data because they haven’t published their data or haven’t done so recently.
(quoted from
here)
So the real numbers are higher, and noone knows how high