TRUMP ADMITS DEATHS WILL BE VASTLY HIGHER President Donald Trump dramatically raised his prediction for the eventual death toll from the coronavirus pandemic within the United States, saying up to 100,000 people could die. That figure is a sharp revision from last month, when he said he believed around 60,000 people would die from the virus. Despite the shift, Trump claimed his response to the outbreak in the United States — where more than 1.1 million people have been infected — had been “successful.” Huffington Post