New York added another 8,658 confirmed coronavirus cases since Sunday, climbing to more than 130,000 cases in the state since the pandemic hit, but the tracking of hospitalizations, intubations and deaths "suggests a possible flattening of the curve" of infections, said Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo during his daily briefing on Monday.
Shocking photos show body bags filling the hallways of a Brooklyn hospital as the city grapples with the coronavirus pandemic. The disturbing images showed several deceased patients in orange body bags on stretchers inside the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Bushwick, Reuters reported.
Across the United States, even as coronavirus deaths are being recorded in terrifying numbers — many hundreds each day — the true death toll is likely much higher.
The US surgeon general said this week is going to be the "hardest and the saddest" for "most Americans' lives," describing the upcoming grim period of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States as a "Pearl Harbor moment" and a "9/11 moment."
President Trump announced on Friday that his administration would recommend Americans wear homemade masks or face coverings to prevent the spread of COVID-19 — but he repeatedly emphasized that the guidance is “voluntary.”
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), has admitted the U.S. is "not even at half-time" in the fight against coronavirus and that more time is required for the country to turn the corner against the pandemic.