[Photo/Agencies]The US has undercounted the number of deaths caused by COVID-19, Anthony Fauci, top US infectious disease expert, said on Sunday.

美国顶级传染病专家安东尼•福奇5月9日说，美国实际新冠死亡人数被低估。

"You know, the model says that it's a significant amount, as you mentioned correctly, 900,000.

But, you know, sometimes the models are right on line, sometimes they're a bit off," Fauci said in a TV program, responding to a question as to whether he believes the true death toll is as high as suggested by a new study from the University of Washington.

"But I think there's no doubt that we are and have been undercounting.

You know, we're living through a historic pandemic, the likes of which we haven't seen in over a hundred years," he said.

福奇在接受一档电视节目采访时，回答他是否相信真正的死亡人数和华盛顿大学一项新研究提出的数字一样高的问题时说："你知道，基于模型计算得出的死亡人数是一个很大的数字，正如你所说的，90万。

但你知道，模型计算数据有时准确，有时会有偏差。

但我认为毫无疑问，我们一直在低估新冠死亡人数。

你知道，我们正在经历一场百年未见的历史性的疫情。

"The US reported a total of 32,707,359 cases with 581,752 deaths as of Sunday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.

据约翰斯•霍普金斯大学系统科学与工程中心的数据，截至5月9日，美国共报告新冠确诊病例32707359例，死亡病例581752例。

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