Millions of Americans will be infected by the coronavirus before the crisis is over and 100,000 to 200,000 could die, says Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Fauci: Millions of Americans will be affected, many thousands will die
It's been two weeks since President Trump announced his 15-day guidelines for social distancing and other measures aimed at containing the outbreak. Fauci said the White House task force will take up the issue soon, and that those guidelines probably will be extended. President Trump last week said he hopes the country can return to some semblance of normalcy by Easter, April 12.A detective has become the third New York Police Department worker to die as a result of COVID-19 in two days. Detective Cedric Dixon was a 23-year veteran stationed in Harlem, NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea said. Dennis Dickson, a custodian at police headquarters, died Thursday, and Administrative Assistant Giacomina Barr-Brown died Friday.
Italy's death toll rose above 10,000 after 889 Italians died Saturday from COVID-19, authorities said. The daily number was down from Friday's record of 969 deaths.
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