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How many cases of coronavirus are in the US ?

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Between 160 million and 214 million people in the U.S. could be infected over the course of the epidemic, according to one projection. That could last months or even over a year, with infections concentrated in shorter periods, staggered across time in different communities, experts said. As many as 200,000 to 1.7 million people could die South Korea has tested more than  230,000  people  for free  and set up  drive-thru testing  weeks ago. Meanwhile, the  US vice president  and the  Health and Human Services secretary  said this week they don't know how many Americans have been tested. But members of both parties say  there aren't nearly enough tests  available. There are a few factors for the difference in responses, said  Dr. Rob Davidson , an emergency room doctor and executive director of the Committee to Protect Medicare. "The public health infrastructure and the response to outbreaks and the National Security Council have been gutted by this administration,