US Covid-19 toll overcounted? Trump ponders; Fauci says it could be more

On Tuesday, Dr Fauci had warned of dire consequences if the United States reopens its economy too soon

With nationwide case numbers showing a steady decrease in the US, President Donald Trump and some of his White House aides are pondering if the coronavirus death count is actually less than what has been reported.

Trump and his aides are privately discussing whether figures used by the administration to determine mortality rates and death projections are reliable indicators for plotting a path forward, according to officials familiar with the matter, CNN reported on Wednesday.

This comes in the wake of what top medical expert on the White House's coronavirus taskforce Dr Anthony Fauci has said that coronavirus-related deaths could be