Trump heads to golf course as US coronavirus cases pass 1.6 million

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>US president Donald Trump has visited one of his golf courses at the start of the Memorial Day holiday weekend as he urged states to reopen following coronavirus-related lockdowns&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; many Americans remain cautious as the number of confirmed cases across the nation passed 1&period;6 million&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In California&comma; where many businesses and recreational activities are reopening&comma; officials in Los Angeles County said they would maintain tight restrictions until July 4&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Some religious leaders took issue with Mr Trump’s declaration that houses of worship are &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<i>essential<&sol;i>” and should resume in-person services this weekend&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Bishop Paul Egensteiner&comma; who oversees the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s congregations in New York City&comma; said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<i>Being at the epicentre of this pandemic and in order to protect our flock&comma; we advise that congregations remain closed until more accurate and uniform information is provided&period;<&sol;i>”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>New York state reported its lowest number of daily coronavirus deaths in many weeks – 84 – in what governor Andrew Cuomo described as a critical benchmark&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The daily death tally peaked at 799 on April 8&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;155919" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-155919" style&equals;"width&colon; 600px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-155919" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;05&sol;0AACA725-A97A-47AB-BB7D-03C3C402C030&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"PA graphics of global Coronavirus cases&semi; Covid-19" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"501" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-155919" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">via PA Graphics<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Mr Cuomo said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<i>For me&comma; it’s a sign that we’re making real progress&period;<&sol;i>”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Trump visited one of his private golf clubs for the first time during the pandemic — the Trump National Golf Club in Virginia&period; He has been pushing for state and local leaders to fully reopen after months of closures and tight restrictions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In China&comma; new coronavirus cases fell to zero on Saturday for the first time since the start of the outbreak&comma; but surged in India and overwhelmed hospitals across Latin America&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Many governments are easing restrictions as they face a political backlash and historic recessions brought on by the battle against the virus&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In just a few months&comma; the pandemic has killed at least 338&comma;000 people worldwide and infected more than 5&period;2 million&comma; according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It said more than 96&comma;000 people have died of Covid-19 in the United States&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Turkey&comma; which has recorded more than 155&comma;000 infections&comma; imposed its toughest lockdown measures yet starting on Saturday for the Eid al-Fitr holiday marking the end of Ramadan&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Yemen’s Houthi rebels urged believers to use masks and stay inside&comma; as authorities try to contain infections at a time usually marked by days of multi-generational feasting and collective prayer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In Germany&comma; which has drawn praise for its handling of the virus&comma; seven people appear to have been infected at a restaurant in the north-west of the country&period; It would be the first known such case since restaurants started reopening two weeks ago&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In Frankfurt&comma; more than 40 people tested positive after a church service of the Evangelical Christian Baptist congregation on May 10&period; The city’s health office said one is in hospital&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>France allowed in-person services to resume starting on Saturday after a legal challenge to the government’s ban on gatherings in places of worship&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>One of the world’s major pilgrimage sites is reopening on Sunday – the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem&comma; built on the site where Christians believe Jesus was crucified&comma; buried and resurrected&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Latin America is the latest epicentre of the virus&comma; and experts note the limits of government action in a region where millions have informal jobs and many police forces are unable to enforce restrictions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Brazil and Mexico reported record numbers of infections and deaths almost daily this week&comma; fuelling criticism of their presidents for limited lockdowns&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But infections also rose and intensive care units were swamped in Peru&comma; Chile and Ecuador – all countries lauded for imposing early and aggressive business shutdowns and quarantines&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Concerns are rising in India&comma; where new cases showed another record jump on Saturday&comma; topping 6&comma;000 for a second consecutive day as a two-month lockdown was eased&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While some countries are facing a second wave of infections&comma; Russia is still struggling with its first&comma; reporting more than 9&comma;000 new daily cases on Saturday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68e22bfbc22cf">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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