US President Donald Trump and members of the White House Сoronavirus Task Force hold a press briefing in Washington DC, as the number of coronavirus-related deaths in the country tops 12,300.
Previously, Trump predicted that this week, 5-11 April, would be "the hardest one" the country might face amid resisting the spread of the pandemic, and urged viewers to prepare for "a lot of deaths".
The US is the most coronavirus-affected country in the world with more than 386,000 confirmed cases, according to Johns Hopkins University Resource Centre data.
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