On Wednesday, March 18, the US saw its coronavirus cases
surge greatly, with more than 2,000 confirmed new cases. This takes the US'
coronavirus tally to 8,500+. At a news conference, Dr. Deborah Birx of the
White House's coronavirus task force said: "We will see the number of
people diagnosed dramatically increase over the next four to five days."
The number of coronavirus in New York State nearly doubled to more than 2,300,
with approximately 23% of the cases hospitalized.
New York state governor Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday at a
press conference in Albany, said: "Right now, in New York specifically,
the rate of the curve suggests that in 45 days we could have up to an input of
people who need 110,000 beds that compares to our current capacity of 53,000
beds, 37,000 ICU units, ventilators, which compares to a capacity currently of
3,000 ventilators. That’s our main issue."
Globally, more than 201,000 cases of coronavirus infections
have been report, resulting in at least 8,500 deaths. China has recorded over 81,000
of those cases, with the outbreak starting in Wuhan, China.
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