Fauci debunks theories of low CDC coronavirus death toll: 'There are 180,000-plus deaths' in U.S. On Sunday, Twitter removed a post retweeted by Trump that claimed the CDC had "quietly" updated its guidance to indicate only 6% of the country's coronavirus death toll — roughly 9,000 deaths —  was actually caused by the virus, according to a CNN report. The tweet said the remaining 94% had "other serious illnesses."  Fauci told the ABC program "Good Morning America" on Tuesday that the C