US records over 68,000 new virus cases in 24 hours: Johns Hopkins
The United States on Tuesday recorded 68,524 new coronavirus cases in the previous 24 hours.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States on Tuesday recorded 68,524 new coronavirus cases in the previous 24 hours, Johns Hopkins University reported in its real-time tally.
The country, which is the world s hardest-hit, has now registered a total of 3,891,893 infections, the Baltimore-based university said at 8:30 pm (0030 GMT Wednesday)
Another 961 more deaths were recorded, bringing total fatalities to 141,883.
The United States has seen a resurgence of cases, particularly in the so-called Sun Belt, stretching across the south from Florida to California.
President Donald Trump, in a return to his presidential coronavirus briefings Tuesday, warned that the US coronavirus crisis is likely to "get worse before it gets better."
He also urged Americans to wear facemasks to help prevent the spread of the highly contagious virus.
- US virus crisis to get worse before it gets better : Trump -
A somber President Donald Trump warned Tuesday that the coronavirus crisis in the United States is likely to "get worse before it gets better."
"Some areas of our country are doing very well," Trump said at his first formal White House virus briefing since the end of April.
"Others are doing less well," the president said. "It will probably unfortunately get worse before it gets better."
He said there had been a "a concerning rise in (virus) cases in many parts of our South."
Trump urged Americans to wear facemasks to help prevent the spread of the highly contagious virus which has left more than 141,000 people dead in the United States.
"We are asking everybody that when you are not able to socially distance, wear a mask," he said.
"Whether you like the mask or not, they have an impact. They will have an effect and we need everything we can get."
Trump said the goal is "not merely to manage the pandemic but to end it."
"The vaccines are coming and they re coming a lot sooner than anyone thought possible," he said.
Trump also repeated his assertion that the virus "will disappear."
"It will disappear," he said.
