Even as number of confirmed novel Coronavirus infections in the US topped two million on Wednesday and a health expert warned that the death toll could nearly double by September, President Donald Trump announced his plans to resume rallies for election scheduled on November 3. The pandemic has killed over 1,12,900 in the US and infected 2,066,634 so far. With the US easing restrictions across the country, at least 20 states have reported a rise in new infections, reported NPR.

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Ashish Jha, the head of Harvard-s Global Health Institute, told CNN on Wednesday that he is not trying to "scare" people to stay at home rather urged everyone adhere to the social distancing rules and called for ramping up testing and tracing. "Anybody who-s expecting a dramatic decrease in cases is almost surely engaging in wishful thinking. And if it [COVID numbers] stays just flat for the next three months, we-re going to hit 2,00,000 deaths sometime in September," Jha said.