The US has likely passed the peak of coronavirus cases: Donald Trump

Washington : The US President Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed that the country has passed the peak of coronavirus cases and now new guidelines will be announced on reopening the economy.

"It is clear that our aggressive strategy is working," he told a news conference. "The battle continues but the data suggests that nationwide we have passed the peak on new cases."

Trump added that "these encouraging developments have put us in a very strong position to finalize guidelines for states on reopening the country."

He mentioned that the new guidelines will be announced on Thursday during his press conference.

During his Wednesday address, Donald Trump spoke about his plans to restart economic activities in some of the areas before the deadline.

"We'll be opening up states, some states much sooner than others," Trump said during his Wednesday briefing. "We think some of the states can open up before the deadline of May 1."

"We'll be the comeback kids, all of us."

With over 600,000 coronavirus cases in the country, the US has registered over 28000 deaths officially.