The number of daily COVID-19 deaths in the United States topped 1,000 yesterday, the first time in more than a month the country has crossed that threshold.The increase in COVID-19 deaths has been expected with the spike in infections around the country.
The news came on the day that President Donald Trump conducted a briefing on the coronavirus, his first in 3 months.The president said the outbreak will "probably, unfortunately, get worse before it gets better," and urged Americans to wear masks when they cannot socially distance."Whether you like the mask or not, they have an impact, they'll have an effect, and we need everything we can get," Trump said.But the president also reiterated his contention that the coronavirus would eventually