Trump announced a new estimate of the number of possible victims of the coronavirus in the United States

the Number of deaths in the United States from diseases caused by a novel coronavirus, will be about 60-65 thousand people. With this statement the Friday before journalists were made by the President of the United States Donald trump.

He noted that a new virus could carry out in the country more than two million lives. “At least, if we did nothing, 1.6 million. But we did a great job”, – TASS quoted the American leader. Adjusted predictions of mortality. If trump has previously said about 200 thousand dead, now “we are moving probably to level 60, maybe 65 thousand dead,” said trump.

Recall that the U.S. today is the world leader among the countries according to the number infected. Here got sick of 632.8 thousand people died 36,7 thousand. The American authorities took a decision to proceed with a gradual lifting of sanitary restrictions imposed earlier due to the coronavirus. Trump allowed the state governments to decide on the lifting of quarantine. “But it must be gradual and deliberate steps”, – said the owner of the White house.