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BREAKING NEWS: US coronavirus epicentre New York registers record rise in deaths

By Cathy Elelman • Published: 04 Apr 2020 • 19:46

THE number of coronavirus deaths in New York reached 3,565 on Saturday following the biggest daily increase so far.

There were 630 Covid-19 fatalities in just 24 hours in the state, the epicentre of the pandemic in the US.

Total infections also climbed by a new record of 10,841 to 113,704. Some 65 per cent of the cases are in New York City.

Governor Andrew Cuomo meanwhile warned that the coronavirus emergency was “not yet at the apex” in the state.

Speaking at a morning press briefing Cuomo said the peak would probably be in about a week.

“We’re not yet ready for the high point. We’re still working on the capacity of the system”, he said.

“The more time we have to improve the capacity of the system, the better,” he added.

At the same briefing Cuomo reported that a donation of 1,000 ventilators donated by online Chinese retailer Alibaba were being flown in by the Chinese government.

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Cathy Elelman

Cathy Elelman is the local writer for the Costa de Almeria edition of the Euro Weekly News.

Based in Mojacar for the last 21 years, Cathy is very much part of the local community and is always well and truly up on all the latest news and events going on in this region of Spain.

Her top goals are to do the best job she can informing the local English-speaking community, visitors to the area and the wider world about about the news in Almeria, to learn something new every day, and to embrace very new challenge this fast-changing world brings her way.

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