Us President Donald trump called the fact that the number of victims of coronavirus in the country exceeded 200 thousand terrible. At the same time, the American leader stressed that if it were not for his actions, this figure could be several times higher.
“”I think that if we didn’t do everything correctly and properly, the number of victims could have been two and a half million. If you look at the alternatives , there would be two and a half million deaths, ” trump was quoted as saying. Earlier, speaking to his supporters, the American leader said that he had done “phenomenal work” to combat the pandemic.
On Tuesday, according to Johns Hopkins University, the US surpassed the grim milestone of 200,000 deaths from COVID-19. According to Reuters estimates, an average of 800 people die from the coronavirus in the United States every week. According to the latest data, the number of cases in the country has exceeded seven million, and more than 4.3 million people have recovered.