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The death toll in the United States from the coronavirus outshone the world’s tallest Italians on Saturday at more than 19,700, as Chicago and other cities across the Midwest prepared for a potential surge in casualties and moved to shut down the dots. hot with contagion before they exploded.
With the New York area still mired in crisis, fear grew over the spread of the scourge to the heart of the nation.
Twenty-four residents of an Indiana nursing home affected by COVID-19 have died, while an Iowa nursing home saw 14 deaths. Chicago’s Cook County has established a temporary morgue that can carry more than 2,000 bodies. And Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has been hanging around telling groups of people to “break the issue.”
The center of gravity of the outbreak has shifted from China to Europe and the United States, which now has the highest number of confirmed cases, with more than half a million and a death toll higher than Italy’s count of nearly 19,500, according to the maintained count. from Johns Hopkins University.
The mortality rate, that is, the number of deaths in relation to the population, is still much higher in Italy than in the USA. USA, which has more than five times as many people. And worldwide, the actual number of dead and infected is believed to be much higher due to a paucity of evidence, different counting practices, and concealment by some governments.
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About half of all deaths in the United States occur in the New York metropolitan area, where hospitalizations are slowing down and other indicators suggest that social distancing is “flattening the curve” for infections and avoiding end-of-world scenarios from just a week or two ago.
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New York has been the most affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
New York state reported 783 more deaths Saturday, totaling more than 8,600. Governor Andrew Cuomo said the daily death toll is stabilizing “but stabilizing at a horrible rate.”
“What do we do now? We stay on track,” said Cuomo, who like other leaders warned that relaxed restrictions too soon could allow the virus to return with a vengeance.
With authorities warning that the crisis in New York is far from over, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the city’s 1.1 million student school system will be closed for the remainder of the academic year. But Cuomo said the decision is up to him, and no such determination has been made.
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Medical workers using wheeled personal protective equipment for a refrigerated trailer serving as a makeshift morgue at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in New York, USA. USA
In the Midwest, outbreaks of contagion have alarmed state and municipal leaders and led to stricter enforcement.
Almost 300 inmates at the Cook County Jail have tested positive for the virus, and two have died. In Wisconsin, health officials hope to see an increase in coronavirus cases after thousands of people went to the polls during the Wisconsin presidential primaries on Tuesday.
The Michigan governor has extended the order to stay at his state’s house with new provisions: People with multiple households can no longer travel between them.
And in Kansas, the state Supreme Court was scheduled to hear a dispute Saturday between Democratic Governor Laura Kelly and Republican lawmakers who reversed their executive order prohibiting religious services and funerals with more than 10 people.
Worldwide, confirmed infections rose to more than 1.7 million, with more than 100,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins. About 400,000 people have recovered.
For most people, the coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. But for others, especially older people and people with health problems, it can cause serious symptoms like pneumonia.
