U.S. coronavirus toll tops 50,000

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The known coronavirus death toll in the United States has surpassed 50,000, though the true figure is unknown. Experts have called the soaring U.S. toll an “underestimation” because the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention counts only fatalities in which the virus is confirmed in a laboratory test and state health officials have divergent methods for counting covid-19 victims.

Meanwhile, President Trump claimed Friday that he was speaking sarcastically when he mused during a White House briefing about whether disinfectants that can kill the novel coronavirus on surfaces and in the air might be used inside the human body. He made his comments to reporters after signing a $484 billion spending bill with money for small businesses, hospitals and testing to battle the coronavirus.

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