>To clarify: this post is referring to "death rate" as the total portion of the US population which has died as a result of covid = <0.04%.
The CDC's estimate of the actual Death Rate of contracted cases of the virus in the US is ~0.26% (as of June 5 - https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/06/05/fact-check-cdc-estimates-covid-19-death-rate-0-26/5269331002/)