In a news report, the U.S. is said to have already tested 5.7 million people for the coronavirus. The data spans from the beginning of the pandemic to earlier this week. The most tests that the United States has run on a day were 314,182 tests, and this was done last April 22.

Trump shared that the main reason the United States has reported one million positive cases of COVID-19 was that the testing in the nation was conducted under better conditions compared to other countries in the world, which he said were behind on testing or were underreporting cases.


Accurate Mass Testing

Vice President Mike Pence commended Trump for bringing together commercial laboratory companies to improve mass testing. Without their energy and effort, Pence acknowledged that the high-speed testing necessary for the nation would not have reached the numbers it has.

Last Monday, Trump released the three-phase plan to expand testing in the United States. He said, "all parts of the country are in good shape and getting better."

He added that efforts were being made to expand testing in the United States further. Quest Diagnostics CEO Steve Rusckowski, who was present at the conference on Monday, said the Trump administration planned to do over "250,000 tests per day so that by the end of next month, the U.S. will have 10 million tests done."

The medical industries aimed to triple testing by the end of May.

Trump said because of the support of commercial laboratories; they allowed the U.S. to report results more accurately. Trump said, "If you look at China, you can look at numerous countries where I don't think there are the right numbers."

China has a population of over 1 billion nationals on the mainland, but they have been accused of underreporting actual figures of confirmed COVID-19 patients. Instead of the 83,000 that the local media published, Hong Kong researchers claimed the country's cases might be four times greater.


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USA Accounts for a Third of the World's Total Cases

The U.S. has registered its one millionth coronavirus patient last Tuesday, which makes the nation account for a third of the total global cases, which is currently at three million. According to data provided by John Hopkins University, the coronavirus death count in the U.S. is at 60,999.

Activists have gathered all across the nation, assembling during demonstrations to protest violations of state and U.S. constitutions. Micro, small, and medium-sized business enterprises are profoundly affected by the pandemic and are demanding for financial security and support from the federal government.

States like Mississippi, Montana, and Tennessee are gradually reopening businesses to boost their economies.

New York leads in the U.S. with the highest concentration of people infected with COVID-19. Currently, they have over 290,000 cases, a number that exceeds even that of Spain, which has registered a total of a little over 200,000 patients, but the real figure may be higher.

The city's governor, Andrew Cuomo, said reopening businesses too soon might be a bad idea. If the U.S. economy wanted a quick recovery, the administration must reopen with a smart plan. He said, "Because if you do it wrong, it can backfire."