US flags to be flown at half-staff for 3 days in memory of Covid-19 victims

According to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University, the number of coronavirus cases in the US has surged to 1,575,064 while the death toll has risen to 94,591

US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday (local time) that American flags on all the federal buildings will be lowered to half-staff over the next three days in memory of the citizens who lost their lives due to coronavirus.

"I will be lowering the flags on all Federal Buildings and National Monuments to half-staff over the next three days in memory of the Americans we have lost to the CoronaVirus....," Trump said in a tweet.
 

According to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University, the number of coronavirus cases in the US has surged to 1,575,064 while the death toll has