United States President Donald Trump doubts the official Chinese figures on the number of casualties in their country due to the COVID-19 pandemic, claiming that the deaths were more than that of the US.
President’s comments come following another 1,300 casualties, 50% hike from before, was added to the official tally in the city of Wuhan, where the outbreak emerged. The update puts China’s overall death toll to over 4,600.
Donald Trump told reporters at a White House news conference on Saturday, “We are not number one; China is number one just so you understand.”
“It’s not even close,” President added.
When highly-developed healthcare systems of the UK, France, Belgium, Italy and Spain had high casualty rates, it was O.33 in China, according to Trump.
The president reiterated that the actual number was much more than the official Chinese death toll figures, which he called “unrealistic”.
“You know it, I know it and they know it, but you don’t want to report it. Why?” he asked. “You will have to explain that. Someday I will explain it.”
He also emphasised that on a per-capita basis, the death rate in the United States was far lower than other nations of Western Europe.
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