The number of deaths of veterans with COVID-19 in the VA hospital system has risen to 200, with 26 new fatalities reported since Thursday.
President Donald Trump said Friday he's forming an"opening our country council" that will be formally announced next week.task force briefing at the White House, Trump said the group would include"great business leaders, great doctors, we're going have a great group of people" from around the country."I'd like to have some representative governors on the council," he added.
Trump also said it was possible the country could in effect have to be shut down a second if there's another severe outbreak., the White House coronavirus response coordinator, suggested"a mosaic of testing" in different parts of the country could be used to keep the virus contained. Nearly 2,300 long-term care facilities in 35 states are battling coronavirus cases, according to data gathered by NBC News from state agencies. That's an explosive increase of 475 percent compared to a federal tally just 10 days ago.
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