Trump is reportedly fixated on the number of US coronavirus cases and expressed that he wants them kept as low as possible

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• President Donald Trump has expressed that he wants the number of coronavirus cases in the United States kept as low as possible, Politico reported Saturday evening.
• He has also been monitoring the daily counts of US cases and how they compare to other countries.
• On Friday, Trump even publicly discussed keeping a cruise ship with potentially infected passengers offshore to keep the number of US coronavirus cases low.
• As of March 7, 19 people in the US had died after contracting the virus and more than 400 people had tested positive.
• But due to a nationwide testing shortage, the actual number of coronavirus cases is likely far higher.
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President Donald Trump has grown fixated on the number of coronavirus cases in the United States and expressed that he wants them kept as low as possible, Politico reported Saturday evening.

Trump has been monitoring the daily counts of US cases and how they compare to other countries, according to Politico.

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