The testing report from the White House comes as the U.S. death toll from the pandemic is approaching 100,000.

Dr. Rick Bright alleges he was demoted because he resisted pressure to allow widespread use of hydroxychloroquine, a malaria drug pushed by President Donald Trump.

State officials say the funeral home could face fines and license suspensions, and the owner says he simply ran out of room because the business had bodies “coming out our ears.”

The new testing targets would ensure states had enough COVID-19 tests available to sample at least 2.6% of their populations each month — a figure already met by a majority of states.

The death toll, based on reporting from Johns Hopkins University, remains the highest in the world and is nearly twice that of Italy.

Anchoring the bill is the Trump administration’s $250 billion funding request to replenish a fund to help small- and medium-size businesses with payroll, rent and other expenses.

Cuomo cautioned that the data was preliminary. The sample of people tested was small. Participants were hastily recruited at shopping centers and grocery stores, which meant they were healthy enough to be out in public.

California health officials said the two new deaths were missed in early February because of a scarcity of testing and the federal government’s limited guidance on who should be tested.

Governor Jay Inslee of Washington redoubled his attacks on Trump's call to "liberate" states, saying the president was encouraging people to violate state laws on self-isolating.

President Alejandro Giammattei said 12 randomly selected people on the deportation flight tested positive for coronavirus when examined by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.