President Trump Donald John TrumpObama calls on Senate not to fill Ginsburg's vacancy until after election Planned Parenthood: 'The fate of our rights' depends on Ginsburg replacement Progressive group to spend M in ad campaign on Supreme Court vacancy MORE on Friday confirmed he plans to convene a new council of business and medical leaders intended to guide his administration toward reopening the U.S. economy.

Trump teased the new group at a White House news briefing, saying he would dub it the "Opening Our Country Council." The members would be announced Tuesday, he said.

"We’re also setting up a council of very, very great doctors and businesspeople," he said, saying the group's focus would be "beyond economic."

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Trump suggested the group would be bipartisan and be diverse in terms of geography because of the way the coronavirus has impacted certain parts of the country differently.

The formation of the group was expected, with reported members including Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin Steven Terner MnuchinLawmakers fear voter backlash over failure to reach COVID-19 relief deal United Airlines, unions call for six-month extension of government aid House Democrats plan to unveil bill next week to avert shutdown MORE, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows Mark Randall MeadowsTrump reacts to Ginsburg's death: 'An amazing woman who led an amazing life' Trump carries on with rally, unaware of Ginsburg's death United Airlines, unions call for six-month extension of government aid MORE and Trump's daughter and senior adviser Ivanka Trump Ivana (Ivanka) Marie TrumpTrump luxury properties have charged US government .1M since inauguration: report Ivana Trump: Ivanka could 'definitely' be first female president The Hill's 12:30 Report - Presented by Facebook - Trump's West Coast campaign swing MORE, as well as private-sector figures.

The president and his top aides have in recent days been pushing to reopen parts of the economy as early as the start of May as unemployment skyrockets and businesses across the country remain shuttered due to the virus outbreak.

"I want to get it open as soon as possible," Trump said Friday. "This country was meant to be open and vibrant and great."

Trump added that he would not singularly push to reopen the economy, telling reporters that "the facts are going to determine" his course of action.

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There are more than 486,000 confirmed coronavirus cases in the U.S. as of mid-day Friday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, and more than 18,000 people in the U.S. have died of the virus.

Medical experts have cautioned that reopening the economy too soon could lead to a spike in infections and subsequently more deaths.

“This is not the time to feel that since we have made such important advances in the sense of success of the mitigation that we need to be pulling back at all," said Anthony Fauci Anthony FauciOvernight Health Care: CDC reverses controversial testing guidance | Billions more could be needed for vaccine distribution | Study examines danger of in-flight COVID-19 transmission Trump claims enough COVID-19 vaccines will be ready for every American by April Gates says travel ban made COVID-19 worse in US MORE, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a leading member of the administration's coronavirus task force.

Experts have also insisted that the country must significantly expand its testing and contact-tracing capabilities to be able to safely reopen the economy. Doing so would allow public health officials to quickly identify, isolate and trace the interactions of individuals who are infected to limit new outbreaks.