[{"text_idx": "#000003", "text": "US records highest Coronavirus death toll in single day"}, {"text_idx": "#000004", "text": "The US recorded the most coronavirus deaths in a single day with more than 1,800 fatalities reported on Tuesday."}, {"text_idx": "#000005", "text": "It brings the total number of deaths in the country to nearly 13,000, according to data from Johns Hopkins University."}, {"text_idx": "#000006", "text": "The US has the highest number of recorded coronavirus cases in the world"}, {"text_idx": "#000007", "text": "The US has more than 398,000 confirmed cases, the highest number in the world. Global cases have exceeded 1.4 miliono."}, {"text_idx": "#000008", "text": "However during a press conference President Donald Trump said the US might be getting to the top of the \u201ccurve\u201d."}, {"text_idx": "#000009", "text": "Meanwhile the city of Wuhan in China, where the infection first emerged, ended its 11-week lockdown."}, {"text_idx": "#000011", "text": "The family of American singer-songwriter John Prine has confirmed his death from complications related to coronavirus."}, {"text_idx": "#000012", "text": "Known for songs such as Angel from Montgomery and Sam Stone, Prine died in Nashville on Tuesday at the age of 73. His wife tested positive for coronavirus and recovered however Prine was hospitalised last month with symptoms and placed on a ventilator."}, {"text_idx": "#000014", "text": "A large proportion of the deaths announced were from New York state. Widely considered the epicentre of the outbreak, it recorded 731 deaths on Tuesday."}, {"text_idx": "#000016", "text": "Governor Andrew Cuomo said the state appeared to be nearing the peak of its pandemic. Hospital and intensive care admissions were down."}, {"text_idx": "#000017", "text": "The governor urged people to stay inside and continue with social distancing."}, {"text_idx": "#000018", "text": "\u201cI know it\u2019s hard but we have to keep doing it,\u201d li diris."}, {"text_idx": "#000019", "text": "New Yorkers have been told to avoid large gatherings as Passover and Easter approaches."}, {"text_idx": "#000020", "text": "Elsewhere, the state of Wisconsin pressed ahead with an election on Tuesday, despite a state-wide stay-at-home order amid the escalating outbreak."}, {"text_idx": "#000021", "text": "During a press conference on Tuesday, Mr Trump said he was reluctant to discuss further but the US might be on track for fewer deaths than projected."}, {"text_idx": "#000022", "text": "It was thought that as many as 240,000 people in the US could die in the pandemic, according to the president\u2019s task force."}, {"text_idx": "#000023", "text": "He also said the US might be getting to the top of the \u201ccurve\u201d of the outbreak."}, {"text_idx": "#000024", "text": "During the briefing, he also attacked the World Health Organization (MONDA ORGANIZAJ\u0302O PRI SANO), saying it had issued bad advice and had been too focused on China."}, {"text_idx": "#000025", "text": "\u201cThe WHO really blew it. Ial, funded largely by the United States, yet very China centric,\u201d li diris."}, {"text_idx": "#000026", "text": "He also said the US would be withholding money meant for the WHO."}]