The United States recorded Wednesday 1813 deaths from coronavirus in 24 hours, a figure stable compared to the previous day, according to the count of Johns Hopkins University, which refers. These additional deaths recorded at 8:30 p.m. local time (00:30 GMT Thursday) bring the total toll of the pandemic in the country to more than 84,000 dead. The United States also has nearly 1.39 million officially diagnosed cases (+22,000 in 24 hours).
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Despite these figures, the American states continue to lift the measures of containment of their population in dispersed order. While part of Virginia and the state of Maryland will gradually reopen on Friday, the containment of the federal capital, which was due to end this weekend, has been extended until early June. " We know that a hasty reopening can lead to tragic results ," said Muriel Bowser, mayor of Washington. The world's largest power is expected to reach 113,000 dead by June 6, according to an average of 20 epidemiological models made by researchers at the University of Massachusetts.