China News Service, May 2 (Reuters) According to Reuters, on May 1, local time, US President Trump seems to have raised his estimate of the death toll of the new US crown virus. He said at an event in the White House that he hopes that the number of Americans dying of the new corona virus will not exceed 100,000, which is higher than the upper limit of the number of deaths he had previously expected.
On March 13, local time, US President Trump declared a "state of emergency" at the White House in response to the new coronary pneumonia epidemic. China News Agency reporter Chen Meng Tongshe
According to reports, on April 27, Trump said at the White House epidemic briefing that the number of deaths due to the new coronavirus in the United States is about 60,000 to 70,000. However, just a few days later, Trump changed his voice and said, "Hopefully, our death toll will be less than 100,000, even though this is a terrible number."
There are different predictions about how many Americans will die from respiratory diseases caused by the new coronavirus. American infectious disease scientist Fodge said in March that the United States should prepare for the death of 100,000 people.
As of 11:32 on May 2, Beijing time, there have been more than 1.1 million cases of new coronavirus infections in the United States and more than 64,000 deaths.