Fact check: Trump falsely claims U.S. is testing more people per capita than other countries

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Fact check: Trump falsely claims U.S. is testing more people per capita than other countries
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Fact check: President Trump falsely claims U.S. is testing more people per capita than other countries

As of Thursday afternoon, 1,002,159 cases and 51,485 deaths due to coronavirus were reported globally.

Lee said that while"good faith efforts" were made to follow social distancing guidelines, an uptick in traffic beginning Monday indicated many were beginning to disregard the coronavirus precautions .

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