U.S. now expects virus death toll to come in under 100,000

U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that his administration expects "substantially" fewer deaths from the coronavirus pandemic than its earlier projection of a loss of at least 100,000 lives, thanks to ongoing mitigation measures."The minimum number was 100,000 lives and I think it will be substantially under that number," Trump said at a press conference, welcoming ongoing efforts made by the public to socially distance themselves to slow the spread of the highly contagious virus.In late March, as the administration extended its social-distancing guidelines through the end of April, it…READ FULL ARTICLE