More than 3,000 people have died from the coronavirus in the US, reported CNN. At least 574 coronavirus-related deaths were reported in the US on Monday, according to the publication. More than 1,60,000 have been infected in the country.
The number of reported coronavirus deaths in New York shot up by 253 in a single day to just over 1,200, a number Gov. Andrew Cuomo called "staggering." "That's a lot of loss, that's a lot of pain, that's a lot of tears, that's a lot of grief that people all across this state are feeling," the governor said at a briefing in Manhattan.
Cuomo sounded the mournful note even as a Navy hospital ship with 1,000 beds arrived in New York City. State officials expect the number of deaths to continue to rise as the outbreak reaches its projected peak in the coming weeks. "Whatever the numbers are, it's going to be staggering," Cuomo said. We've lost over 1,000 New Yorkers."
The state has already confirmed more than 66,000 cases, mostly in New York City. There are 9,500 people in New York currently hospitalized for COVID-19. A Navy hospital ship with 1,000 beds arrived Monday morning in New York City to help relieve the coronavirus crisis gripping the city's hospitals. The USNS Comfort, which was sent to New York City after 9/11, will be used to treat non-coronavirus patients while hospitals treat people with COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus.
More than 35,000 people have died worldwide from the coronavirus pandemic since it emerged late last year in China, most of them in Europe, according to an AFP tally using official figures. In total, 35,905 people have died, including 26,076 in Europe. Italy has the most deaths with 11,591, following by Spain with 7,340 and China with 3,304.
More than 740,00 cases have been officially detected in 183 countries and territories, including at least 408,203 in Europe, almost 150,000 in the United States and Canada with 2,635 deaths and 106,609 cases in Asia with 3,827 deaths.
Detected cases likely reflect only a fraction of the real number of infections as many countries are only testing the most serious cases.
