The USA Ranks #1 in COVID-19 We're NUMBER ONE! USA! USA! USA!

Though our great leader’s vigilance, his dedication, and his prudence, our great Republic has achieved the exalted status as number one in the world!  

US now leads the world in known coronavirus cases

BY PETER SULLIVAN

The U.S. had 82,404 cases as of Thursday evening, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, vaulting to the top spot amid ramped up testing.

The milestone is a foreboding distinction for the United States, setting off alarms that the epidemic continues to get worse in the country.

Experts have raised warnings that the U.S. trajectory is continuing to climb. The U.S. had more than 14,000 new cases on Wednesday, according to a New York Times tracker, and the number of new cases announced each day continues to climb.

Jeremy Konyndyk, a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development, wrote on Twitter that the U.S. case trajectories are "alarming."

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Trump Urges Loosening CDC Restrictions To Let Coronavirus Get To Work

WASHINGTON—Calling for an end to precautions such as social distancing and shelter-in-place mandates, President Donald Trump urged the loosening of CDC restrictions Tuesday to let Covid-19 get to work. “The economy is hurting—we must send the coronavirus back into our office buildings, schools, and factories,” said Trump, explaining that the nation cannot risk the possibility of the number of new cases and deaths crashing. “We need those numbers up! This is America, and work is important here.”