Trump held a briefing Monday on coronavirus testing

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President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the briefing room of the White House on Sept. 23, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Joshua Roberts/Getty Images via CNN)

President Donald Trump delivered remarks Monday on the nation’s coronavirus testing strategy.

The briefing was held at 3:30 p.m. at the White House. You can watch it below.

The president’s remarks at the White House come as the total number of global deaths from the coronavirus nears 1 million. In the United States, there have been more than 7.1 million confirmed cases and 204,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.

While the nation continues to grapple with the coronavirus crisis, public health officials are warning the pandemic could worsen in the coming winter months and heading into flu season. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told a panel this month that “we need to hunker down and get through this fall and winter, because it’s not going to be easy.”

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