US coronavirus deaths highest in the world even as hospitalizations slow in New York epicenter

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Medical workers in a Monut Sinai ambulance respond to a call in the Financial District of New York, on Monday, March 30, 2020.

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The United States surpassed Italy on Saturday as the country with the most coronavirus deaths in the world, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. 

At least 18,860 people have died from the virus in the U.S. Italy has suffered 18,849 fatalities; Spain has recorded at least 16,353 deaths; and France has confirmed 13,197 deaths. 

Meanwhile, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Saturday said hospitalizations seemed to be plateauing in New York state, the epicenter of the outbreak in the United States. During a press conference Saturday, he said 783 people died of the virus in New York on Friday, bringing the state’s death toll to 8,627.

“The number of hospitalizations appears to have hit an apex, and the apex appears to be a plateau,” he said. “The hospitalization rate is down, and that’s important. We have more people getting infected still, we have more people going into the hospital, but we have a lower number… Fewer people are going into the hospitals, still net positive.” 

Cuomo said the number of deaths in the state is stabilizing, but stabilizing “at a horrific rate.” Looking at three-day averages, he said “all the numbers are on the downward slope.” Though people are still getting infected and going into hospitals, he said they’re doing so at a lower rate. 

For ICU admissions, Cuomo said the three-day average is down.

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