“Perhaps this and next weeks will be the most difficult. There will be a large number of deaths, ”the US president said during a briefing at the White House.

Trump noted that this follows from "obvious forecasts in the largest outbreaks."

Previously, the number of recorded cases of coronavirus infection in the United States reached 297,575, with 113,704 of them in New York State.

April 1, Trump announced that the next two weeks will be "very painful" in connection with the situation with coronavirus infection.