Global: Total confirmed cases ~2,135,000; Total deaths: ~142,200; Total recoveries: ~541,000. (Johns Hopkins University)

U.S.: Total confirmed cases ~654,300; Total deaths: ~32,200; Total recoveries: ~53,700

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More than 9,000 U.S. health care workers have been infected with the coronavirus.

COVID-19 is becoming one of America’s leading cause of death. COVID-19 killed more people from April 6 to April 12 than any other cause of death except heart disease typically does in a normal April week. (Washington Post)

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1/ Trump’s new federal guidelines for opening up the country will put the onus on governors to decide how and when to restart their economies. Trump told governors on a conference call that “You’re going to call your own shots. You’re going to be calling the shots. We’ll be standing right alongside of you and we’re going to get our country open and get it working.� He added that “You states with beautifully low numbers, let’s get your states open and get back to work� on May 1. The new guidelines, formally known as Opening Up America Again, are a reversal from three days ago when Trump insisted that “the president of the United States calls the shots� and that he had the “total� authority to decide how and when the country reopen. (Wall Street Journal / New York Times / Axios / Washington Post / NBC News / CNN / Bloomberg)

📌 Day 1181: Trump falsely claimed “I have the ultimate authority� over states to reopen the country once the coronavirus pandemic sho...