Fauci says coronavirus could claim up to 200,000 US livesSenior US scientist Dr. Anthony Fauci (above) issued a cautious prediction Sunday that the novel coronavirus could claim as many as 200,000 lives in the United States, as state and local officials described increasingly desperate shortages in hard-pressed hospitals. But Fauci, a leading member of Trump's coronavirus task force and for many Americans a comforting voice of authority, quickly added, "I don't want to be held to that ... It took a month for the US to move from its first confirmed death, on February 29, to its 1,000th. - 'A sharp escalation ahead' -In the US, the epicenter has been New York City, with 672 deaths so far. Inslee pushed back against the notion, advocated earlier by Trump, that the country could begin returning to work by Easter, which is April 12.

Source: Standard Digital March 30, 2020 05:26 UTC