NEW YORK (REUTERS) - As the coronavirus pandemic's US death toll raced past 1,000 people, hospitals and government authorities in New York, New Orleans and other hot spots grappled on Thursday (March 26) with a surge in cases and a dire shortage of supplies, staff and sick beds.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
NEW YORK - As the coronavirus pandemic's US death toll raced past 1,000 people, hospitals and government authorities in New York, New Orleans and other hot spots grappled on Thursday with a surge in cases and a dire shortage of supplies, staff and sick beds.
The state's death toll stood at 385, up from 285 a day earlier, the highest in the country. Based on the large number of hospitalised patients on ventilators, that number is expected to continue to increase, Cuomo said. The number of confirmed infections in New York rose to 37,000 - about half the US total - including 6,400 in the past day.
At Elmhurst Hospital in New York's borough of Queens, about a hundred people, many wearing masks with their hoods pulled up, stood in line behind barriers outside the emergency room entrance, waiting to enter a tent to be screened for the coronavirus. PROBLEMS IN NEW ORLEANS While New York is the coronavirus epicentre in the United States now, Louisiana - driven by a dire situation in New Orleans, its biggest city - could be the next one.
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