Coronavirus updates: 1.6 million Americans have been tested, Trump says

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President Trump said Sunday that more than 1.6 million coronavirus tests had been conducted in the U.S. so far, as he warned the “toughest week” yet in the crisis is coming. Mr. Trump said the Federal Emergency Management Agency will be delivering 1,700 critical ventilators to five states battling COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus.

There are currently more than 337,000 confirmed coronavirus patients in the U.S., the most of any country, out of 1.27 million worldwide. Italy still has the highest death toll with nearly 16,000. On Sunday, Italy reported its lowest daily coronavirus death toll in more than two weeks, a sign it may have passed the apex of its crisis.

In the United Kingdom, Queen Elizabeth gave a rare televised address about the crisis, telling Britons and the world that “better days will return. We will be with our friends again, we will be with our families again, we will meet again.”

The queen’s speech came as 10 Downing Street said Prime Minister Boris Johnson had been hospitalized due to persistent coronavirus symptoms.

Throughout the world, there were empty churches for Palm Sunday services. Pope Francis livestreamed Mass from an empty St. Peter’s Basilica, which would normally be packed with worshipers. In New York, bells rang from an empty St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

In New York City, a tiger at the Bronx Zoo tested positive for coronavirus, according to the National Veterinary Services Laboratories at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Officials say this is the first report of a tiger becoming infected with COVID-19.

The total number of cases worldwide topped 1.2 million, according to Johns Hopkins University. The global death toll is more than 68,000.

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