Iran Press/ America: “We’ll have tremendous rallies. We’re doing very well. We’ve done a fantastic job, with respect to that subject, on the virus,” Trump said.
The President was speaking alongside Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro ahead of their dinner at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, CNN reported.
President Donald Trump also responded to reporters who asked if he was worried about being exposed to coronavirus after an attendee at CPAC conference, which he had been to, tested positive for the virus and Washington, DC announced a presumptive positive case. He replied by saying: “I’m not concerned at all.”
Meanwhile, two new presumptive positive cases of the novel coronavirus have been identified in the US state of Florida, according to a tweet from the Florida Department of Health.
One new case was reported in Okaloosa County and one in Volusia County, the tweet said.
Both people have a recent history of travel and are in isolation, according to the tweet.
Florida now has 11 cases of the virus.
Presumptive positive is a term that refers to cases which have tested positive in a public health laboratory but are pending confirmation from the CDC. Confirmed cases have received positive results from the CDC.
Global coronavirus deaths rise to 3,595
China's National Health Commission reported 27 new deaths from the coronavirus today, bringing the global death toll to 3,595 since the epidemic began.
China has recorded 3,097 deaths, the majority of which have been in Hubei province -- ground zero for the outbreak. The total number of confirmed infections in China is now 80,695, with an increase of of 99 on Saturday.
The global total of cases now stands at 105,283.
Outside of mainland China, there have been 498 deaths reported, with Italy reporting 233 deaths, the highest number outside China.
South Korea coronavirus cases rise past 7,100 with 50 deaths
South Korea announced 367 new infections on Saturday, bringing the country's total to 7,134, according to the South Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
It is the worst outbreak outside of China.
Six more deaths were reported on Saturday, with 50 in total.
Among the 367 new cases, 294 are from Daegu city and 32 are from North Gyeongsang Province, the most heavenly infected areas in the country.
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