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 (FEMA) has delivered 1,700 critical ventilators to five states battling COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus, but none to hard-hit New York.
There are currently more than 300,000 confirmed coronavirus patients in the U.S., the most of any country, out of 1.2 million worldwide. Italy still has the highest death toll with more than 15,000. 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.”
“I hope in the years to come, everyone will be able to take pride in how they responded to this challenge,” she said. “And those who come after us will say that the Britons of this generation were as strong as any.”
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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