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Coronavirus latest news: Donald Trump increases estimate of deaths in US – Telegraph.co.uk, Telegraph.co.uk

Coronavirus latest news: Donald Trump increases estimate of deaths in US – Telegraph.co.uk, Telegraph.co.uk

Coronavirus Appeal: Join us in helping those hit hardest President Donald Trump on Friday seemingly increased his estimate of possible deaths in the US from the coronavirus, telling a White House event he hopes for less than , 08 fatalities, a higher upper limit than the , to

Models released by the White House coronavirus task force on March (projected deaths of , to 405, Americans, assuming efforts such as social distancing and staying home as much as po ssible were in effect.

The The Task Force director said the worst-case scenario was 1.5 million to 2.2 million US deaths without those measures. By this morning more than , (people had died, according to a Johns Hopkins University tally.

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Cluster emerges in Australia

A small coronavirus cluster has emerged at a meat factory in the Australian state of Victoria, health officials said on Saturday, as parts of the country started easing social distancing restrictions after suppressing the infection rate to below 1%. Over the past week Australia has recorded an average of only new cases each day, the health ministry said.

Local clusters of Covid – and cruise ships infections have accounted for a large percentage of Australia’s nearly 6, (cases and) deaths. Victoria reported seven new cases on Saturday, three of which were related to a meat-processing facility, said its health minister. A total of eight employees have tested positive.

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