The United States has reported more than 400,000 coroanvirus cases and at least 12,857 deaths as of Wednesday morning. (Picture: Getty Images)

More than 400,000 Americans have tested positive for the coronavirus as the country’s Covid-19 death toll nears 13,000.

The US suffered its deadliest day in terms of the outbreak on Tuesday as the virus killed at least 1,997 over a 24-hour period.

Nearly half of the US Covid-19 deaths on Tuesday were recorded in the country’s epicenter, New York, which suffered 805 deaths in one day. The state, which has a population of almost 20 million, now has more confirmed coronavirus cases – 142,384 – than Italy, which has reported 135,586 coronavirus cases and 17,127 deaths despite having a population of over 60 million.

The outbreak has crippled the US economy as businesses across the country remain shuttered and unemployment skyrockets. Even President Donald Trump has not been immune to the financial turmoil caused by the pandemic, which reportedly cost him approximately $1 billion in personal losses.




The presidents net worth dropped from $3.1 billion to $2.1 billion in March, according to Forbes’ annual billionaires list. About 1,500 Trump organization employees have been laid of or furloughed because of the outbreak, The Washington Post reported, as the president continues to push to reopen the country.

“I just saw on your show, and a couple of other people just reported back to me, that everyone is in the great shape from the standpoint of ventilators.” — Trump says he watches Sean Hannity’s show for guidance about which states need ventilators pic.twitter.com/edWUNpjJxj — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 8, 2020

On Tuesday, Trump spoke with Fox News and said, ‘We’re looking at the concept where you open up everything.’

The president remained optimistic about the crisis and said that his New York is nearing the peak of the outbreak.

‘I think New York is getting ready to peak. Once it peaks its going to start coming down and then it’s going to come down fast. We’re way under any of the polls, or any of the models as they call them,’ Trump said during the interview with Sean Hannity.

Models reportedly used by the White House show New York hitting its peak on Thursday – when 855 deaths are projected to occur in the state in one day. New York is expected to suffer approximately 16,000 deaths alone.

Medical workers wearing personal protective equipment wheel bodies to a refrigerated trailer serving as a makeshift morgue at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, Monday, April 6, 2020 (Picture: AP)

The country’s projected coronavirus death toll has actually fallen by a significant amount after the White House coronavirus task force initially projected between 100,000 and 240,000 deaths.

The University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation model, which has been commonly used, projected over 60,000 total US deaths by August 4 on Tuesday following its previous predictions that 82,000 would die.

The country’s projected peak has also been moved up to Sunday, when 2,212 people are expected to die from the virus. The model previously predicted the peak would come on April 16 with 2,614 deaths in one day.