rick is deputy director of the institute of raleigh gee at the sheraton a hospital here in berlin we asked him if the government was being too optimistic i don't think so so far we don't have the exact number as the case fatality rate so the best estimates out point 4.6 and it could be that no virus is moving into retirement homes and then elderly people i'm sure wish this novel coronavirus and much more susceptible to their waters and may see more tests to tease them before here's a quick roundup of coronavirus developments around the world the confirmed death toll has now exceeded 150000 according to the johns hopkins university in the us the actual number of coded 1000 related deaths is likely to be much higher france's registered death toll neared 19000 after more than 760 more people died in one day but officials say the spread of the disease appears to be slowing and britain has launched a task force to spearhead efforts to create a coronavirus vaccine or than 800 daily deaths were recorded in the u.k. on friday. now u.s. president donald trump has come under fire for encouragi