Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic In The U.S. -- News Updates March 29 - 30, 2020

Daily Mail: Donald Trump extends coronavirus lockdown until April 30 and says the pandemic will peak in TWO WEEKS – but insists he never threatened to quarantine New York and his Easter deadline was just an 'aspiration'

* Donald Trump said Sunday that the administration is extending the coronavirus guidelines, originally imposed for 15 days, until April 30 – a 30 day extension
* He admitted that his Easter deadline for the country to be up and running was just an 'aspiration'
* The president also said that it's likely the fast-spreading respiratory virus will peak in two weeks, which is right around Easter
* 'The modeling estimates that the peak is likely to hit in two weeks,' he said during his daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House on Sunday

Donald Trump said Sunday the administration's coronavirus task force's 15-day plan to reduce the spread of the disease is being extended 30 days, which is weeks past his Easter deadline.

He also claimed during his daily press briefing at the White House Sunday evening that the peak of coronavirus is expected to hit in two weeks, even though the death toll in the U.S. doubled from 1,000 to 2,000 in just one day.

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Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic In The U.S. -- News Updates March 29 - 30, 2020

The Latest in The U.S.: New York state surpasses 1,000 deaths -- AP
Trump extends virus guidelines, braces US for big death toll -- AP
Trump says US death rate likely to peak in two weeks -- France 24
Trump backs off plan to reopen businesses by mid-April amid coronavirus warnings -- Reuters
Coronavirus: Trump extends restrictions beyond Easter -- BBC
White House Extends Coronavirus Guidelines Until April 30, Trump Expects "Peak" In About 2 Weeks -- Zero Hedge
No state or city will be spared: Experts warn that new US coronavirus hotspots including Detroit and New Orleans are 'off the chart' and could be WORSE than NYC as death toll doubles to 2,000 in two days -- Daily Mail
New York state surpasses 1,000 coronavirus deaths -- AP
New York state coronavirus deaths increase by 237 in past day: governor -- Reuters
The coronavirus map of New York City where one person dies of coronavirus every nine minutes: Queens and Brooklyn are hot spots in analysis of proportion of tests that come back positive in each borough -- Daily Mail
New York hospitals overwhelmed as COVID-19 cases soar -- Al Jazeera
Field hospital is set up in NYC's Central Park: Triage tents will be used to cope with patient overflow from Mount Sinai West Hospital as New York City cases surge past 33,000 with nearly 700 deaths -- Daily Mail
Trump backs off NY quarantine and asks CDC to issue 'strong travel advisory' instead after Gov. Cuomo declared the threat a 'federal declaration of war', as US death toll doubles in the space of two days to 2,100 -- Daily Mail
CDC issues travel advisory for NY tri-state area after Trump says quarantine 'not necessary' -- The Hill
Coronavirus: Trump decides against quarantine of New York region -- France 24
Coronavirus: Trump backs away from New York quarantine -- BBC
The hunt for fleeing New Yorkers: The Hamptons wants to ban coronavirus refugees from the Big Apple and Rhode Island is sending the National Guard to find them as wealthy residents and celebs escape virus epicenter -- Daily Mail
Rhode Island BACKS DOWN on targeting New Yorkers after Cuomo slammed the door-to-door checks by the National Guard as illegal and threatened to sue the state -- Daily Mail
New Orleans streets are overtaken by RATS as tourists stay away from the city and Louisiana is hit by 3,315 coronavirus cases and 137 deaths -- Daily Mail
Louisiana emerging as the next US coronavirus hot spot -- Al Jazeera
Californians wonder how bad coronavirus outbreak will get as state's death toll passes 100 and cases surge to 4,643 - second only to New York -- Daily Mail
Coronavirus runs riot in prisons: Experts say jails could be new epicenters of COVID-19 as there are no masks or hand sanitizer behind bars while the number of infected inmates tops 350 in US correctional facilities -- Daily Mail
Coronavirus cases are growing faster in red states, new data reveals, with Texas recording a whopping 236% increase in cases in just FOUR DAYS - while infection rates slow in blue state Washington suggesting lockdowns work -- Daily Mail
Trump orders US troops back to active duty for coronavirus response -- The Hill
More than 800,000 doctors plead with Trump NOT to reopen the country by Easter because it will 'gravely jeopardize the health of all Americans' -- Daily Mail
Immigration detainees in PA start hunger strike demanding release amid coronavirus pandemic -- The Hill