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Infectious diseases Anthony Fauci said that the number of deaths in the United States "much higher" than officially confirmed 80 thousand, writes Mediaite.

Fauci said about the confidence in the larger figure, citing the example of the state of new York.

"Could be people who died at home of coronavirus, but they were not counted, because it was not in the hospital," said Fauci.

USA is in first place for the dissemination of coronavirus: contracted 1 395 026, died 82 555 people.

December 31, 2019, the Chinese government announced the outbreak of pneumonia in Wuhan. The causative agent is a new type of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes the disease COVID-19. March 11, the world health organization (who) declared the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pandemic.