The revision puts China's overall death toll to more than 4,600. "We are not number one; China is number one just so you understand," Trump told reporters at a White House news conference on Saturday. The President asserted that the actual number was much more than the official Chinese death toll figures, which he said were "unrealistic". Early this month, President Trump cast doubt on the accuracy of official Chinese figures after US lawmakers, citing an intelligence report, accused Beijing of a cover up. The death toll in China is 4,632 with no fatalities reported on Saturday, according to China's National Health Commission.

Source: The Telegraph April 19, 2020 03:45 UTC