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President Donald Trump has declared that coronavirus is 'under control' in the United States and that the country's death rate was 'lower than the world'.

In an interview with Axios on HBO that was filmed last Tuesday but only aired last night, Trump said the virus was well-controlled across the US despite the country averaging about 65,000 new cases and 1,000 deaths per day.

'They are dying, that's true. And you have - it is what it is. But that doesn't mean we aren't doing everything we can. It's under control as much as you can control it. This is a horrible plague,' Trump said.