On Sunday April 6, an additional 1,200 people died of the Covid-19 in 24 hours in the United States, according to a count published by Johns Hopkins University. The country has recorded 337,072 cases of infection and has 9,633 deaths, according to this database.

Federal public health administrator Jerome Adams has prepared public opinion for the worst. "Next week will be a time like Pearl Harbor, like September 11, except that it will not be localized, it will be throughout the country," he warned.

For his part, President Donald Trump has warned that Americans should expect a "terrible" death toll during the peak, not yet reached, of the epidemic.

"Get people back to work"

"In the days to come, America will endure the peak of this terrible pandemic. We all know that we have to reach a certain threshold, which is going to be horrible in terms of deaths. We are getting very close to that point now. And the next two weeks will be, I think, very difficult, "he said.

Donald Trump however recalled his desire to revive the economy. "We want to get people back to work. Everyone wants to come back. We want to open the country as quickly as possible," he said.

With AFP and Reuters

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