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The US recorded at least 2,074 deaths Friday, the largest increase in coronavirus deaths the country has seen since the beginning of the outbreak.
That brings the total number of reported deaths to 18,777. More than 501,600 people have tested positive, according to Johns Hopkins University’s tally of cases in the US.
On Friday, 35,551 new cases were reported.
Health experts say that while they’re encouraged by signs that measures are having a positive impact, they warn re-opening the country too quickly could set the US back.
The President said he was looking at what happened in other countries as guidance on how to reopen the US, and said he would be open to shutting the country down a second time if cases spike again.
