18/04/2020 10:53
Trump projects overall novel coronavirus death toll in US at 60,000-65,000
The overall death toll of the novel coronavirus in the United States is currently projected at approximately 60,000-65,000 people, US President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday, TASS says.
"Look at the possible number of deaths, 2.2 million people," he said during a White House media briefing. "A minimum, if we did nothing, could have been 1.6 million. <…> But we did a lot of work."
In his words, efforts taken by the US authorities allowed to revise the projected death toll downward to "between 100,000 and 220,000-240,000 on the upside."
"I think we would be substantially, hopefully, below the 100,000 number. I think right now we are heading at probably around 60,000, maybe 65,000," Trump said.