US officials are seeking to build hundreds of makeshift hospitals across the country to accommodate thousands of daily cases of the Corona virus after the United States recorded 575 deaths, yesterday, the highest number of deaths from the virus in one day.

The US Army’s Corps of Engineers, Lt. Gen. Todd Simonite, said today, Tuesday, that the weapon is searching for hotels, dormitories, conference centers, and large open spaces to build up to 341 temporary hospitals. a week.
"The range is huge," he told ABC News television. "We are currently studying about 341 different facilities across the United States."

The number of confirmed cases in the United States increased to more than 20 thousand yesterday, which exceeded the absorption of hospitals that began lacking doctors, nurses, medical equipment and protective equipment, and the number of deaths exceeded 3000 cases, more than the number of those who died in the attacks of September 11, 2001 , While the total number of injured has exceeded 163,000, according to Reuters statistics based on official data.

According to estimates by US officials, the total number of deaths due to the epidemic may range between 100,000 and 200,000.