Substantially under 100,000 people, as he put it, we did a very good job. He said today he considers the country ahead of schedule. He says he wants to reopen the country with a big bang. And right before leaving the stage he said were really in great shape. He left the Briefing Room. Mike pence started the talk about the grim week we are witnessing here in these United States. The number of confirmed cases worldwide now at a million and a half. In this country nearly 15,000 people have lost their lives thus far. At the epicenter of this crisis new york again reporting its highest singleday death toll with 779 souls lost in 24 hours. New jersey also hit its own oneday record. 275 deaths. New york has more confirmed cases than any other country in the world except the United States. Yet again today Governor Cuomo of new york said the latest data indicates the curve of infection is flattening. The number of patients hospitalized is down. And, again, we dont look at just daytoday data. Yo
Quote. Our death totals, our numbers per Million People, are really very, very strong. He said, quote, were the leader of the world. Were really the leader in this case, the leader of the world, and weve done better. If you look at our deaths, if you look at mortality rates, if you look at the things. About our Current Situation in this pandemic, he said, quote, this is what it is. Its this period of time. The trump administrations coronavirus efforts continue to get positive reviews from trump himself. Quote, i have to say it because the news is so fake and so corrupt. We did a spectacular job. The president said today he has solved the problem with the food supply chain. He further said, quote, the testing and the masks and all of the things, weve solved every problem. Beyond his recent effort to deflect as much of the blame to china as often as possible, today he went as far as to indicate he has a high degree of confidence this started in the wuhan virology lab. And today he contin
He said, quote, were the leader of the world. Were really the leader in this case, the leader of the world, and weve done better if you look at our deaths, if you look at mortality rates, if you look at the things. About our Current Situation in this pandemic, he said, quote, this is what it is. Its this period of time. The trump administrations coronavirus efforts continue to get positive reviews from trump himself. Quote, i have to say it because the news is so fake and so corrupt. We did a spectacular job. The president said today he has solved the problem with the food supply chain. He further said, quote, the testing and the masks and all of the things, weve solved every problem. Beyond his recent effort to deflect as much of the blame to china as often as possible, today he went as far as to indicate he has a high degree of confidence this started in the wuhan virology lab. And today he continued to make it about his own politics. He said again, quote, china doesnt want to see me
Concerning Senior Citizens later in the east room. With the death toll over 62,000 americans, the president today suggested when looked at another way, its not so bad and i quote. Our death totals, our numbers per Million People, are really very, very strong. He said, quote, were the leader of the world. Were really the leader in this case, the leader of the world, and weve done better if you look at our deaths, if you look at mortality rates, if you look at the things. About our Current Situation in this pandemic, he said, quote, this is what it is. Its this period of time. The trump administrations coronavirus efforts continue to get positive reviews from trump himself. Quote, i have to say it because the news is so fake and so corrupt. We did a spectacular job. The president said today he has solved the problem with the food supply chain. He further said, quote, the testing and the masks and all of the things, weve solved every problem. Beyond his recent effort to deflect as much of
And a reminder here. These projections have amounted to a moving target, and these days they are based on simple math. And that is what the doctors and scientists are seeing in so many states that are opening back up, in quotes, the people who are getting back out, gathering once again, the very activity the virus depends on for its own survival. Tonight and this never gets any easier to report our current death toll stands at 83,421. At todays senate hearing, dr. Anthony fauci noted that he and the other experts now believe that the daily toll from the virus is higher than being reported. Most of us feel that the number of deaths are likely higher than that number because given the situation particularly in new york city, when they were really strapped with a very serious challenge to their health care system, that there may have been people who died at home who did have covid, who were not counted as covid because they never really got to the hospital. I dont know exactly what percen