By Rachel Sharp For Dailymail.com03:20 07 Mar 2020, updated 17:48 07 Mar 2020
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  • Almost half a million (480,000) Americans are expected to die from coronavirus 
  • 4.8 million will be hospitalized and 96 million infected
  • Figures come from leaked slides from a presentation by Dr. James Lawler, a University of Nebraska Medical Center professor and hosted by AHA
  • They show the spread of the deadly disease could be far worse than officials claim, with the crisis 10 times greater than a severe flu season
  • The shock figures fly in the face of claims made by President Trump who has maintained on many occasions that the risk to Americans is 'low'
  • Lawler estimated people with heart conditions have a one in 10 chance of dying from the disease, compared to less than one in a 100 among healthy individuals 
  • Trump signed a spending bill to allocate $8.3 billion to tackle the crisis Friday
  • US has around 300 cases and 17 confirmed deaths, after Florida confirmed its first two deaths Friday
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