The United States lamented on Monday 1,015 additional deaths from the new coronavirus in 24 hours, the lowest daily toll in a month, according to the count of Johns Hopkins University, continuously updated and which refers. These new deaths recorded between 8:30 p.m. local time Monday and the day before bring the total toll of the epidemic in the United States, the country most bereaved by Covid-19 to 68,689, according to official figures.
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Towards a doubling of the daily number of victims
Daily reports in the United States have not fallen below the 1,000 dead mark since early April. Since mid-April, the country has been blocked on a "plateau" from which it is struggling to descend. And the administration of President Donald Trump predicts a nearly double daily death toll from the coronavirus pandemic by June 1, according to an internal document reported Monday by the New York Times and the Washington Post .
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The report predicts more than 3,000 deaths and 200,000 new cases registered daily by that date, while some states have begun to gradually end the confinement imposed on their citizens. The United States also has the highest number of people diagnosed with Covid-19, with nearly 1.2 million cases officially registered. Nearly 187,180 people are declared cured.