The World Health Organization said Tuesday the global death rate from the disease caused by the new coronavirus is 3.4% — far deadlier than the seasonal flu. But on Wednesday night, President Trump said he had a “hunch” the number was actually much lower. Trump was speaking with Fox News’s Sean Hannity.

President Donald Trump: “Well, I think the 3.4% is really a false number. Now, this is just my hunch, and — but based on a lot of conversations with a lot of people that do this, because a lot of people will have this, and it’s very mild.”

On Wednesday, House lawmakers passed an $8.3 billion emergency spending package for combating coronavirus. After headlines, we’ll go to two ground zeroes in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus: New York and Seattle.