The White House plans to release guidelines Thursday to inform states on how to relax coronavirus restrictions and reopen businesses.
President Trump announced the plans during a news conference Wednesday, claiming data shows that the United States has “passed the peak” of COVID-19 cases nationwide.
The decision on what individual states do, however, will fall to governors across the country.
“The battle continues but the data suggests that nationwide we have passed the peak on new cases,” Trump said at a news conference in the White House Rose Garden.
“These encouraging developments have put us in a very strong position to finalize guidelines on states for reopening the country,” the president continued, adding that the White House would outline the guidelines during a news conference Thursday afternoon.
He said the announcement would come after he and Vice President Pence hold calls with governors.
As of Wednesday evening, the novel coronavirus had sickened over 630,000 Americans and resulted in over 28,000 deaths domestically, according to Johns Hopkins University..
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