THE U.S. DEATH TOLL from the coronavirus surpassed 7,000 on Saturday as the country recorded its deadliest day.
Health officials report nearly 278,500 cases of the coronavirus in the U.S., and more than 7,150 people have died. On Friday, the death toll rose by 1,161. New York, the hardest hit state in the country, also saw its deadliest day, with 562 deaths, about one death every 2 1/2 minutes.
The state has more than 113,700 cases and 3,565 deaths, with 2,624 of those deaths in New York City. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has repeatedly sounded the alarm on the situation in the state, pleading for more medical supplies, particularly ventilators.
More than 15,900 people are hospitalized in the state, including more than 4,120 people in intensive care units, requiring ventilators, life-saving machines for the most critical patients.
The governor said at a news conference Saturday that the Joseph and Clara Tsai Foundation and the Jack Ma Foundation are coordinating the shipment of 1,000 ventilators from China, where the virus originated. He also said Oregon Gov. Kate Brown made an unsolicited offer to send 140 ventilators to the state. He praised the move as "astonishing and unexpected" and described it as a smart attempt to contain the virus before it spreads further across the country.
"We're all in the same battle here, and the battle is stopping the spread of the virus," Cuomo said.
Photos: America at Standstill
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 20: A woman wearing a mask walks the Brooklyn Bridge in the midst of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak on March 20, 2020 in New York City. The economic situation in the city continued to decline as New York Gov Andrew Cuomo ordered all nonessential businesses to keep all their workers at home and New York weighed a shelter in place order for the entire city. (Photo by Victor J. Blue/Getty Images)
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Health officials report nearly 278,500 cases of the coronavirus in the U.S., and more than 7,150 people have died. On Friday, the death toll rose by 1,161. New York, the hardest hit state in the country, also saw its deadliest day, with 562 deaths, about one death every 2 1/2 minutes.
The state has more than 113,700 cases and 3,565 deaths, with 2,624 of those deaths in New York City. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has repeatedly sounded the alarm on the situation in the state, pleading for more medical supplies, particularly ventilators.
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More than 15,900 people are hospitalized in the state, including more than 4,120 people in intensive care units, requiring ventilators, life-saving machines for the most critical patients.
The governor said at a news conference Saturday that the Joseph and Clara Tsai Foundation and the Jack Ma Foundation are coordinating the shipment of 1,000 ventilators from China, where the virus originated. He also said Oregon Gov. Kate Brown made an unsolicited offer to send 140 ventilators to the state. He praised the move as "astonishing and unexpected" and described it as a smart attempt to contain the virus before it spreads further across the country.
"We're all in the same battle here, and the battle is stopping the spread of the virus," Cuomo said.
Photos: America at Standstill
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 20: A woman wearing a mask walks the Brooklyn Bridge in the midst of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak on March 20, 2020 in New York City. The economic situation in the city continued to decline as New York Gov Andrew Cuomo ordered all nonessential businesses to keep all their workers at home and New York weighed a shelter in place order for the entire city. (Photo by Victor J. Blue/Getty Images)
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