About half of the deaths in the United States were in the New York metropolitan area, according to The Associated Press. In a news conference Saturday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said there were 783 deaths statewide from the coronavirus.
In Chicago, the police department announced that 237 members had tested positive for COVID-19.
Saturday's figures came after Anthony S. Fauci, the nation's leading infectious disease expert, said he hoped for "a real degree of normality" by November, the Post reported.
Other countries were already planning steps to ease out of shutdowns, but officials urged caution, particularly since the weather in Europe was pleasant.
"Don't do silly things," Domenico Arcuri, Italy's special commissioner for the virus emergency, told the AP. "Don't go out, continue to behave responsibly as you have done until today, use your head and your sense of responsibility.
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