Why was this title used when the numbers showed that Europeans are typically even lower than Africans? If this is true then Covid-19 is unlikely to be a problem

Why was this title used when the numbers showed that Europeans are typically even lower than Africans? If this is true then Covid-19 is unlikely to be a problem outside of Asia, most likely it has already spread far and wide and we aren't noticing since we expect similar rate of problematic cases as in China.