The United States surpassed the 130,000 dead mark for the new coronavirus on Monday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, which refers. By mid-day Monday in Washington, 2,888,729 cases of Covid-19 had been recorded, for 1,300,007 deaths.
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Most affected country - in absolute value - in number of diagnosed cases and deaths, the United States has known since June a serious peak of contaminations which has led several States to suspend their deconfinement process, or even to return to back by closing the bars. The daily number of contaminations recorded thus reached a record 57,683 cases on Saturday.
As the 100,000 death mark was crossed on May 27, President Donald Trump is delighted that the daily death toll is declining, even though several experts believe that he could follow the curve of new cases and go up in several weeks . A further shutdown of the American economy is not on the agenda, after the catastrophic employment figures in March and April.