U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he now believes as many as 100,000 Americans could die in the coronavirus pandemic, after the death toll passed his earlier estimates, but said he was confident a vaccine would be developed by the year's end. The COVID-19 illness, caused by the new coronavirus, has sickened more than 1.1 million in the United States and killed more than 68,000 Americans, shut wide swaths of society, including most schools and many businesses.Â
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he now believes as many as 100,000 Americans could die in the coronavirus pandemic, after the death toll passed his earlier estimates, but said he was confident a vaccine would be developed by the year's end. The COVID-19 illness, caused by the new coronavirus, has sickened more than 1.1 million in the United States and killed more than 68,000 Americans, shut wide swaths of society, including most schools and many businesses.Â