US now has the most confirmed coronavirus infections anywhere in the world after figures topped 86,000

China has reported 81,000 infections while Italy has 80,404 - though still has the most deaths with 6,820

New York has been hardest hit with almost 40,000 cases, despite Trump saying governor Andrew Cuomo is exaggerating the need for ventilators which are used to keep critical patients alive

11 more states showing epicenter potential, amid fears the entire country could soon by hard-hit with virus

Analysts say US death toll could top 80,000 despite Trump suggesting country could reopen on April 12

With 1,200 deaths from the disease the US is still some way behind hardest-hit Italy, where almost 7,000 people have been killed - though disease experts have warned the American death toll could eventually top 80,000.

The number of coronavirus infections has now topped half a million worldwide with more than 20,000 dead, as the World Health Organisation warning that the US is likely to overtake Europe as the new epicenter of the disease.

Despite the grim figures released Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that figures being released by China - which has claimed zero new domestic infections in recent days - could not be trusted, and that higher rates of testing in the US were behind the surge in cases.

He also accused Andrew Cuomo - governor of hardest-hit New York - of exaggerating the state's need for ventilators, a key piece of equipment used to keep coronavirus patients in critical condition alive. 177 people died in New York City alone between Wednesday and Thursday.

Meanwhile Dr Anthony Fauci, America's top disease expert, was forced to again pour cold water on Trump's repeated suggestion that the US could be back open for business by April 12.

America has now surpassed China and Italy to report the largest number of coronavirus infections anywhere in the world at more than 86,000, though Italy still has the most deaths with more than 6,000 people killed.

Coronavirus infections have been following an exponential growth curve in the US, roughly doubling every three days which is the same as was seen in European nations before they went into full lockdown.

The US is now on a worse trajectory than China and Italy, which have both put draconian lockdowns into place, and South Korea which was initially one of the virus hotspots but used aggressive testing and contact tracing measures to bring the infection rate under control

Figures show that a week after the tenth death New York's toll doubled nearly every 1.5 days; the worst-hit region of Italy, Lombardy, saw a doubling every three days. Cases have also accelerated at a faster rate in the US, than in Italy.

Source: Dailymail.co.uk

It is well.

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Time to travel to US as a Medical practitioner.

God will see us all through this hard times!

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Time to travel to US as a Medical practitioner.

Trump holds press briefing EVERY DAY. Here, we are on our own.

God have mercy