US death rate because of coronavirus has risen again, to bring the total number of fatalities to near 100,000 amid intensivce efforts by President Donald Trump to reopen the economy months before a crucial presidential election.
According to Johns Hopkins University tally, the authorities reported 1539 additional deaths in 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to about 92,000 cases in the world's largest country in the number of infections.
As usual, New York ranked first, with almost a third of all deaths due to the virus.
On another hand, researchers at the University of Massachusetts have developed a model which count on statistics, and expect the United States to report 113,000 deaths until mid-June, that is, an additional 22,000 Americans are expected to die due to the Corona virus within 25 days.
On his part, President Trump is striving so hard to reopen the economy despite these high rates. He is scheduled to visit tommorow a Ford automaker factory in Michigan.
A spokeswoman for the Ford Group said that wearing a protective mask is mandatory at the plant which the president is to visit, "but it is up to the White House to determine whether the president should wear a mask."
Ford said it had detailed its safety policies to the White House -- including that everyone wear a mask.
"In preparation for the visit, we've shared with the White House all of Ford's safety protocols, including our self-assessment, thermal scanning and manufacturing playbook, which outlines our policy that everyone wears PPE," a Ford spokesman told CNN. PPE stands for "personal protective equipment," including masks.
Trump has so far refused to put on a mask in public despite the recommendations of the US health authorities.
This site was re-adapted in April as ventilators production plant as part of a partnership between Ford and General Electric.
Michigan is one of the crucial states in the November presidential elections. Trump sparked controversy during two previous visits to manufacturers after he appeared without a mask while everyone around him was putting one. Donald Trump has never been photographed wearing a mask.
Other White House officials have now begun wearing masks more regularly after the White House issued a memo to staff saying a face covering was required in the West Wing. Trump has told reporters that he issued the edict himself.
Trump signs Executive Order
Earlier, the US president signed an executive directive order to federal agencies to trim regulations, a move he said would help the economy recover from the fallout from the Coronavirus pandemic.
Trump said he had instructed federal agencies to abandon "unnecessary regulations that hinder economic recovery."
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