Trump got the number of US coronavirus patients wrong in a tweet about how he's on top of the outbreak

• President Donald Trump tweeted that there were only five cases of Wuhan coronavirus in the United States, hours after there was a confirmed sixth case.
• Public health experts told the Associated Press that Trump's assessment of China's ability to contain the virus is optimistic. 
• The risk of infection for Americans is still low, public health officials told NBC Chicago.
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After claiming to be following the novel Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, President Donald Trump tweeted that only five people were infected in the US on Thursday, hours after the US confirmed a sixth case in Chicago. 

"Working closely with China and others on Coronavirus outbreak," Trump tweeted. "Only 5 people in US, all in good recovery."

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