Global coronavirus hotspot New York has 10.8k new diagnoses and 630 deaths in 24 hours
More than 110,000 people have now been diagnosed with coronavirus across New York
The world’s current coronavirus hotspot New York has seen coronavirus infections rocket by 10,841 overnight, with 630 more deaths caused by Covid-19. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Saturday that a total of 113,704 people across New York state have been diagnosed with coronavirus, with a total of 3,565 killed across New York.
The grim figure means more people across the state of New York have been killed by coronavirus than by the 9/11 terror attacks, which saw 2,977 people murdered across the US, including 2,606 killed when the World Trade Center’s twin towers were destroyed.
Governor Cuomo said 15,505 people are currently in hospital with Covid-19, with 4,126 patients in intensive care. He added that 10,478 people who were hospitalized have been discharged, and said that around two thirds of people admitted to hospital are subsequently recovering.
New York City is the state’s coronavirus update, with diagnoses rising by 6,147 to 63,606 overnight. Around 1,800 people have been killed by coronavirus across the Big Apple’s five boroughs. A total of 113,704 people across the entire state have tested Covid-19 positive. The number of people hospitalized has rocketed by 1,095, with the number receiving intensive care treatment rising by 395.
Cuomo said: ‘This stresses this country, this state, in a way that frankly nothing else has in my lifetime.
‘The economy is stressed, the social fabric is stressed…transportation is stressed, it’s right across the board. The most difficult level is the human level. My brother (CNN host Chris Cuomo) catches the virus, that is stressful. My mother is worried about my brother…she’s concerned.’
‘This is so emotionally taxing that you can’t even quantify the effect on society, and the effect on individuals… You are out of control, and this is a painful, disorientating experience. But…this day will end. We will get to the other side of the mountain, and we will be better for it.’
Cuomo’s figures come as almost 280,000 people have been diagnosed with coronavirus across the US, with over 7,100 people killed.