April 28 coronavirus news

US President Donald Trump said he “never even thought” of changing the date of the upcoming presidential election on November 3, despite former Vice President Joe Biden suggesting Trump would attempt a delay.

Trump added that Biden never said he would try to delay the election -- despite Biden saying those words exactly during a virtual fundraiser last week, according to a pool report.

Trump cannot unilaterally change the date of the election in November, as it has been set into law by federal statute and Congress would have to approve such a move. 

However, that has not stopped some Democrats from worrying that he will try to do so, and voters asked the previously large field of Democratic presidential candidates if they had concerns that Trump would try to delay the election or refuse to leave office if he were defeated in November.

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At least 987,022 cases of coronavirus have been recorded in the United States, including 56,144 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University's tally of cases.

On Monday, Johns Hopkins reported at least 19,658 new cases and 1,071 deaths. 

The totals include cases from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and other US territories, as well as repatriated cases.

CNN has an interactive map tracking coronavirus cases across the country:

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Tracking Covid-19 cases in the US

Global coronavirus cases have now topped 3 million, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.

Nearly a third of all infections have been recorded in the United States, the university reported.

The US has a count of at least 987,022 confirmed cases, according to the JHU Coronavirus Resource Center website.  

Spain follows the US as the nation with the second highest count of Covid-19 cases, with a total of 229,422, according to Johns Hopkins.  

This map tracks the global spread of the virus:

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Tracking coronavirus' global spread

US President Donald Trump says he takes no responsibility for a spike in people using disinfectants improperly after he suggested ingesting disinfectant as a cure for coronavirus last week.

He answered, "No, I don't" when asked if he takes any responsibility for the numbers.

Some context: Trump asked his medical team to look into the possibility of using disinfectants as a way to cure the virus inside the body during a coronavirus briefing last Thursday.

He has since claimed that the comments were "sarcastic."

As CNN has previously reported, Gov. Larry Hogan said Sunday his state experienced hundreds of calls from people across Maryland asking whether injecting or ingesting disinfectants was an effective way to combat coronavirus.

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The coronavirus pandemic isn't over, World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.

He said the WHO "continues to be concerned about the increasing trends in Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America and some Asian countries."

"As in all regions, cases and deaths are underreported in many countries in these regions, because of low testing capacity," Tedros said. 

"This virus will not be defeated if we are not united, if we are not united, the virus will exploit the cracks between us and continue to create havoc. Lives will be lost," Tedros added.