USA Still Doing Well With Respect Per Capita Death Rate

We're now up to 7, which is a big, unfortunate increase...but we're still doing well in that respect, compared to other countries. Though it doesn't seem to be mentioned in the media.
Any hypotheses about why that is? Anybody?
We'd also expect to hear figures for the non-NYC and non-big-city parts of the country. But I'm not hearing that information highlighted...nor even mentioned.
I kinda sorta don't see any way to deny that the information is being presented in a way that emphasizes the negative.
I mean--there's significant negative to emphasize...it's a lot of deaths. There's no denying it.
But it just seems really weird/misleading to leave out other relevant measures.
Am I wrong?