Published 19:40 IST, April 13th 2020
New York City has more Coronavirus cases than China & the United Kingdom
New York City in the United States, which is the epicentre of Coronavirus disease in the country has now more confirmed cases than the United Kingdom and China.
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New York City in United States, which is epicentre of Coronavirus disease in country has w more confirmed cases than United Kingdom and China. According to reports, New York City has so far recorded over 1,00,000 Coronavirus cases, compared to China's 82,160 and UK's 84,279. Health experts have warned that city could soon run out of Coronavirus test swabs.
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Media reports suggest that cases in New York City recorded a surge of over 5,000 infections on April 12 to put total number of Coronavirus infections at over 104,410 on Sunday. As per reports, a total of 9,385 people have lost ir lives in hardest-hit state in United States.
New York Goverr Andrew Cuomo on April 12 while talking to press said that 758 people lost ir lives due to COVID-19 on Sunday alone.
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United States is most affected country in world with over 5,60,000 confirmed Coronavirus cases and more than 22,000 deaths so far. According to data by worldometer, re are currently 5,05,684 active infections in country with over 11,000 critical cases. rth American nation has successfully treated 32,634 patients as of April 12.
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Coronavirus outbreak
dely Coronavirus infection has claimed more than 1,15,000 lives across world and has infected over 18,67,000 people globally since it first broke out in December 2019. China was most affected country until last month before Italy, Spain, US, UK, Iran and France surpassed it to record most number of deaths anywhere in world due to COVID-19. virus is believed to have originated from a seafood market in China's Wuhan city, epicentre of disease, where animals were reportedly being tred illegally.
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(Im Credit: AP)
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19:40 IST, April 13th 2020