Washington: As the US recorded more than five million coronavirus infections, the former head of the Food and Drug Administration Dr Scott Gottlieb has issued a warning about the rising death toll.
“We’re definitely going to be somewhere between 200,000 and 300,000. Whether we’re closer to 200,000 or closer to 300,000 depends on what we do and how this evolves,” Gottlieb said in an interview with CBS Face The Nation.
“The concern now is that this has become so pervasive across the country that it could start to infect more rural communities that have largely been untouched to date and probably are a little bit more complacent because they have been untouched, but are still very vulnerable because the infection hasn’t been there.”
According to reports, one out of every 66 residents in the US are now infected with COVID-19. As of Monday, the US has reported almost 163,000 deaths.
