Trump Knew and Did Nothing - 1,022,259 infected, 57,862 dead (11:07 PDT)

By late February 2020, Trump had been warned that the Wuhan coronavirus was very likely the pandemic that his administration had been cautioned to prepare for even before he took the oath of office in 2017.  Not only did Trump ignore the warning, he also forced the government to downplay the potential dangers of the virus.  Because he didn't believe or understand the warnings he did virtually nothing to prepare the country for what was coming.  On February 25, Dr. Nancy Messonnier, sounded a warning  in a call with reporters:

“We want to make sure the American public is prepared,” she said, then put it in personal terms by saying what she told her children that morning: “We as a family ought to be preparing for significant disruption to our lives.”

Trump wanted Mesonnier fired for having the integrity to put out a warning to the country.  Trump's senior aids had seen the reports and knew what was coming, but since Trump was unwilling to act, they did nothing to warn the public or mobilize to fight the coming pandemic.

...senior officials knew the coronavirus was an extreme threat to Americans. Thanks to information streaming in from U.S. intelligence agencies for months, officials reportedly believed that a “cataclysmic” disease could infect 100 million Americans and discussed lockdown plans. The warnings were given to Mr. Trump in his daily brief by the intelligence community; in calls from Alex Azar, the secretary of health; and in memos from his economic adviser Peter Navarro.

But the White House did not want the American public to know.

The president’s stated concerns were specific. He didn’t want to upset the markets or China during trade talks, and it appears he may have also simply been in denial, counting on his personal hunches and luck.