Washington, March 5 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization announced that the global death rate from the disease caused by the new coronavirus is 3.4% — far deadlier than the seasonal flu.  But the very next day, President Donald Trump said he had a “hunch” the number was actually much lower. 

Trump was speaking with Fox News’s Sean Hannity.  He said: “Well, I think the 3.4% is really a false number. Now, this is just my hunch, and — but based on a lot of conversations with a lot of people that do this, because a lot of people will have this, and it’s very mild.”

On Wednesday, House lawmakers passed an $8.3 billion emergency spending package for combating coronavirus.