ADVERTISEMENTBut the reported U.S. death toll on Wednesday crept past 60,000, a figure that Trump in recent weeks had suggested might be the total death count. The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 is certain to keep growing from here. “The death toll is just one of them.”Kathleen Hall Jamieson, director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania, said it’s simplistic for Trump or other public officials to focus on the death toll since it’s incomplete. The most recent summary showed modelers predicted a cumulative U.S. death toll of 50,000 to 100,000 by mid-May. CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield declined to predict the death toll during an Associated Press interview Tuesday.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 30, 2020 09:00 UTC