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US President Donald Trump’s administration has insisted the United States is being looked at as a leader in the fight against coronavirus. The latest comments came at a White House press briefing. The press secretary Kayleigh McEnany was asked about the country’s handling of the coronavirus epidemic. She said, “I think the world is looking at us as a leader in Covid-19. The country remains the country with the highest number of coronavirus infections with over 2.9 million recorded cases. At least 130,000 people have died since the disease started. The numbers of cases in many states are still rising incrementally as health officials warn residents to stay at home for Independence Day weekend.

Press secretary McEnany also insisted that the country’s success in handling the pandemic is reflected in its low death rate in comparison to European countries. She asserted this was because of the extraordinary measures the country has taken on therapeutics, PPE, and ventilators. The New York Times has reported that the number of daily deaths in the US has shown a significant decrease from 3000 a day to around 600, in spite of significant increases in cases. The death rate in the country has also lowered by roughly 3%. Experts have suggested a number of reasons for the decrease in deaths including increased testing, better treatment, and a shift in the inpatient population to younger age groups less severely affected by the virus.

President Trump’s approval dropped the fastest in 500 counties suffering 28 deaths per 100,000 people as a result of Covid-19. He has maintained that his administration is successfully controlling the virus and reasserted his belief that the disease will eventually just disappear. Trump said, “I think we’re gonna be very good with the coronavirus. I think that at some point that’s going to, sort of, just disappear. I hope”. Point to be noted that Dr. Anthony Fauci has warned that the outbreak in the United States is sparking and the country desperately needs to take action to manage it. He said, “What we’ve seen over the last several days is a spike in cases that are well beyond the worst spikes that we’ve seen. That is not good news. We’ve got to get that under control, or we risk an even greater outbreak in the United States”.