He was joined by the task force coordinator, dr. Deborah birx. Pres. Trump thank you very much. Good afternoon. We continue to see a number of positive signs that the virus is past its peak. It has been devastating all over the world. 184 countries, probably more. That number was as of one week ago. Dr. Birx will walk through some of these trends in a moment. But they are very positive trends, for winning. We are going to win and we are going to close it out. While we mourn the tragic loss of life, and you cannot mourn it any stronger than we are morning it, the u. S. Has produced Better Health outcomes than any other country with the possible exception of germany. Anyyou cannot mourn it stronger than we are mourning it, i think we are as good or better. On a per capita basis, our mortality rate is far lower than other nations of western europe. With the lone exception of possibly, germany. This includes the u. K. , switzerland, belgium, the netherlands, italy, france. Spain has a mort