Americans approve of the way President Trump is handling the spreading coronavirus pandemic by 51 percent to 45 percent, according to a Washington Post/ABC News poll released Friday.

Trump gets better marks for his handling of the pandemic than for his overall job performance, with 48 percent approving and 46 disapproving, according to the random survey of 1,003 Americans, which had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.

Trump, in a tweet, offered faint praise for the poll, questioning the results and calling the Washington Post “fake news.”

“Many polls are much better than this. If it is the Fake News @washingtonpost, add 10 points!” he wrote.

The Real Clear Politics average of presidential polls showed Friday that 47 percent approved of the overall job he was doing while 49 percent disapproved.

The new poll, conducted from March 22 to 25, before the US on Thursday overtook China as the nation with the most diagnosed cases of the virus, also showed that Americans by a margin of 20 points thought Trump was too slow reacting to the early stages of the pandemic, with 58 percent saying he was too slow and 38 percent saying he was not.

And more Americans have confidence in their state government’s ability to deal with the outbreak than with the federal governments, with 78 percent expressing confidence in their state and 66 percent feeling confident in the feds.

The poll also showed that large majorities of Americans are worried about catching the virus, and that many more have changed their lifestyles to avoid getting sick.

Sixty-nine percent were worried they could get it while 30 percent were not.

Another 70 percent called the pandemic a source of stress while 30 percent said it was not.

And despite the president’s assurances that anyone who wants a test can get one, just 23 percent believed that anyone could get one, with 44 percent saying they could not and 33 percent having no opinion.

Ninety-three percent were practicing social distancing while 7 percent were not; 91 percent were staying home as much as possible while 9 percent were not; and 82 percent were washing their hands more frequently while 18 percent were not.

Ninety-two percent said the US was headed for a recession, while 7 percent said that was unlikely.