Note that number of cases is never the total number of cases, only the number of cases that have been tested and tested positive. This number depends very strongly on how much a country tests. Some countries test everybody, others test only severe cases.

Number of deaths is more reliable, though even those numbers can be hidden. For example, in Florida the number of COVID-19 deaths is fairly low, but the number of pneumonia deaths is more than 6 times higher than normal all of a sudden.