Hi frens…I hope you're all holding up well. Hoping to see the light at the end of this tunnel soon.
What did President Trump say?
On Tuesday, he told Fox News he hoped the country could get back to normal by Easter, which is on the weekend of 12 April.
Mr Trump, a Republican, said: "We're going to be opening relatively soon… I would love to have the country opened up and just raring to go by Easter."
He added in a subsequent interview: "Easter is a very special day for me… and you'll have packed churches all over our country."
Mr Trump also warned that unless the country reopened for business it could suffer "a massive recession or depression".
Speaking at a White House briefing later, Mr Trump said he was beginning "to see the light at the end of the tunnel", though he said "our decision will be based on hard facts and data".
The president said: "You're going to lose people. You're going to have suicides by the thousands. You're going to have all sorts of things happen. You're going to have instability."
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, told another news conference on Tuesday: "The [infection] forecaster said to me, 'We were looking at a freight train coming across the country.'
"'We're now looking at a bullet train.'"
He added: "New York is the canary in the coal mine, New York is happening first, what is happening to New York will happen to California and Illinois, it is just a matter of time."
Watch NY according to cuomo… ny is the canary in the coal mines
Baker. I self nominate my post. I think it's important to see the comms ahead of easter 2021