May 22, 2020 at 11:11 AM EDT – Updated May 22 at 11:33 AM
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Flags are at half-staff at the White House in memory of the nearly 95,000 Americans who lost their lives to coronavirus.
This will also be the scene at government buildings and national monuments throughout the U.S. after President Donald Trump issued the order to mark the loss of life in the COVID-19 pandemic to date.
I will be lowering the flags on all Federal Buildings and National Monuments to half-staff over the next three days in memory of the Americans we have lost to the CoronaVirus….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 21, 2020
The virus continues to spread across the country, with more than 1.5 million confirmed cases in the U.S., according to Johns Hopkins University.
Flags will remain at half-staff until noon on Monday to commemorate the Memorial Day holiday.
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