Dr. Fauci: Coronavius can kill as many as 200 thousand Americans

Coronervirus' pandemic can kill up to 200 thousand Americans, and millions more can be infected, the U.S. government's leading expert has warned. Dr Anthony Fauci, image of the administration's Task Force Trump vs. Coronavirus, made those predictions Sunday, the BBC reports.

“Analyzing what we're now seeing, I'd say between 100 and 200 thousand dead”, he told CNN.

But he immediately demanded that they not be taken for words. I don't want to be caught for words. It's a very mobile target”, he said, broadcast KOHA.

Dr Fauci added that the US, which now has the most cases affected by coronary in the world, was “focus” of global spread.

“We have a serious problem in New York, we have a serious problem in New Orleans, and we will have serious problems even in other areas”, he said.

I want to see that tests are being done on the ground. If we can do this... then I think we can remove certain restrictions”, Dr. Fauci said.

So far, at least 125,433 cases have been confirmed in the country, with 2,201 deaths. The US passed China and Italy last week for the reported number of cases.

But the balance of death remains lower than in other locations in the world, such as Italy, Spain, and China.