Should this be seen as a sign of slowing down? The United States count, Sunday April 12, 1,514 new deaths due to the coronavirus in twenty-four hours, a figure in decline for the second consecutive day. According to a daily count of Johns Hopkins University, whose balance sheets refer, 1,920 new deaths were recorded on Saturday and 2,108 on Friday.

The United States remains the country most affected by Covid-19 with a total of more than 22,000 deaths and at least 555,000 confirmed cases. The situation is particularly serious in New York State, the epicenter of the disease with more than 9,000 deaths, including nearly 7,000 in New York City alone.

"Just stabilization"

"We do not see a significant drop, it is just a stabilization," nuanced Sunday the governor of the state, Andrew Cuomo.

The country is at a standstill due to the restrictions put in place to stem the epidemic. "It's a plague like our country has never seen, but we win the battle, we win the war," said President Donald Trump in an Easter video message on Twitter.

With AFP

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