NEW: President Trump says 1,000 military personnel will deploy to New York City to help COVID-19 response efforts.
New York City Fire Department first responders on Friday night serenaded medical workers outside NYU Langone Health, an academic medical center in Manhattan.a video of the event, which she later said took place at 7 p.m.
Trump claimed that his allocation of resources to states most in need would lead to a"lot less death than if this wasn't done."“In some cases we are telling governors we can't go there because we don't think you need it and we think someplace else needs it. And pretty much so far we’ve been right about that and we’ll continue to do it," Trump said.
The mayor of a New Jersey city that has been hit hard by coronavirus says his community needs the same supplies and equipment as other hot spots but lacks"the power or resources to compete with New York City." "We have a lot of people not being tested, folks depending on 911, calling 911, overwhelming 911 and the hospital," Baraka said."We also treat the emergency rooms as a primary care physician, which has escalated these problems in these communities."The total number of coronavirus cases in the United States has climbed to more than 300,000, with the number of deaths surpassing 8,000.
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