The task force will update the American public Thursday evening as cases of the new coronavirus in the U.S. surpass 69,000.
As cases of a new coronavirus continue to soar in the United States, the White House Coronavirus Task Force will continue with its daily briefings on Thursday.
On Thursday morning, there were 69,210 cases of a new coronavirus in the United States, according to Johns Hopkins University and Medicine, making it the third-largest outbreak in the world. More than 1,000 people have died and officials are grappling with how to balance stemming the outbreak with stabilizing the economy.
On Tuesday, he said he hopes to have the country back up and running by Easter, adding that people could return to work while still engaging in social distancing and practicing proper hand hygiene. He later clarified that he was following the advice of experts and that reopening businesses may be done on an area-by-area basis. Places such as New York, where the epicenter of the outbreak is, might not be back to business as normal by April 12.
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