Peak US death rate likely in two weeks, Trump saysPresident Donald Trump (pictured) said Sunday that the peak death rate in the United States from the coronavirus pandemic was likely to hit in two weeks and extended "social distancing" guidelines until April 30. "Easter should be the peak number," Trump said of the Christian holiday which falls on April 12. "The modelling estimates that the peak in death rate is likely to hit in two weeks," the president said during a televised briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House. Trump said he was extending the government's "social distancing" guidelines until April 30 to "slow the spread" of the virus. "They said 'We don't like that idea,'" Trump said of Fauci and other medical advisors on his coronavirus task force.

Source: Standard Digital March 30, 2020 04:49 UTC