https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8157963/US-coronavirus-cases-world.htmlThe US now has the most coronavirus cases in the WORLD with 86,000 infections more than China or Italy as experts warn the death toll could reach 80,000 even if with quarantines but Trump blames testing for a new figure
The US now has the most confirmed coronavirus infections anywhere in the world after figures topped 86,000
China has reported 81,000 infections while Italy has 80,404 though still has the most deaths with 6,820
New York has been hardest hit with almost 40,000 cases, despite Trump saying governor Andrew Cuomo is exaggerating the need for ventilators which are used to keep critical patients alive
11 more states showing epicenter potential, amid fears the entire country could soon by hard-hit with the virus
Analysts say US death toll could top 80,000 despite Trump suggesting the country could reopen on April 12
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By Emily Crane For Dailymail.com and Chris Pleasance for MailOnline
Published: 21:39, 26 March 2020 | Updated: 10:31, 27 March 2020
The United States now has the most coronavirus cases in the world with more than 86,000 confirmed infections, overtaking China which has claimed some 81,000 cases. With 1,200 deaths from the disease, the US is still some way behind hardest-hit Italy, where almost 7,000 people have been killed through disease experts have warned the American death toll could eventually top 80,000. The number of coronavirus infections has now topped half a million worldwide with more than 20,000 dead, as the World Health Organisation warning that the US is likely to overtake Europe as the new epicenter of the disease. Despite the grim figures released Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that figures being released by China which has claimed zero new domestic infections in recent days could not be trusted, and that higher rates of testing in the US were behind the surge in cases. He also accused Andrew Cuomo Governor of hardest-hit New York of exaggerating the state's need for ventilators, a key piece of equipment used to keep coronavirus patients in critical condition alive. 177 people died in New York City alone between Wednesday and Thursday. Meanwhile, Dr. Anthony Fauci, America's top disease expert, was forced to again pour cold water on Trump's repeated suggestion that the US could be back open for business by April 12. 'I think what the President was trying to do, he was making an aspirational projection to give people some hope,' Facui who was briefly banished from coronavirus press briefings after contradicting Trump told CNN. But he's listening to us when we say that we've really got to reevaluate it in real-time, and any decision we make has to be based on the data,' he added.
New York City officials have said that 177 people died from coronavirus on Thursday, bringing the total number of deaths to 365 as of early Friday morning. City health officials also said late Thursday that there were an additional 1,239 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total across the five boroughs to 23,112. New York State continues to report the bulk of coronavirus infections that have so far been confirmed in the United States. Health officials in Albany said on Thursday that the statewide tally of infected people reached 39,140. The state also recorded 457 deaths as of late Thursday. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced during a Thursday press conference that 200 inmates were released from jail facilities across the city in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The New York City mayor called the news a 'major, major milestone,' adding that an additional 175 inmates would be released by the end of the night. De Blasio touted that the jail population was now below 5,000, marking the first time the number was that low since 1949. While New York is America's epicenter for the virus, analysts have identified 11 other hotspots for the virus that have the potential for mass-breakouts of the kind not seen in other badly-hit countries. Washington, California, Illinois, Michigan, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, and Texas all have more than 1,500 cases of the disease each far more than any Chinese region other than Hubei province during the outbreak there. A draconian lockdown by Chinese authorities virtually cut off infected areas from each-other during the outbreak, confining the disease to Hubei. This has not happened in the US, allowing the infection to spread. Louisiana is now emerging as the possible next epicenter of the US outbreak after infections rose by 30 percent in 24 hours. That state recorded 2,305 infections and 83 deaths by Thursday. Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans have been blamed for the outbreak there. New Jersey has 6,876 confirmed cases and 81 deaths, while California has 3,899 cases and 81 deaths. Washington state, which was initially the epicenter following an outbreak at a Seattle nursing home, now has 3,207 confirmed cases and 150 deaths. It comes as new research showed the outbreak could lead to more than 80,000 deaths in the US within the next four months and overwhelm hospital capacity nationally as soon as early April even if social distancing measures are respected. Forecasters at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington's School of Medicine have predicted that during the epidemic peak set for some point in April as many as 2,300 patients could die every day. This was the case even if the population adhered to strict social distancing measures. Their predictions came after analyzing the latest COVID-19 data, including hospitalization and mortality rates, as well as the patient data in terms of age, gender, and pre-existing health problems. The analysis warned that based on current trends, demand for both ICU beds and ventilators would far exceed capacity for COVID-19 patients as early as the second week of April. It comes as health care systems in both New York and Europe buckled under the weight of caring for seriously ill victims as officials desperately searched for enough ventilators to keep them alive. New York City's convention center is now being turned into a temporary hospital and a makeshift morgue was set up outside Manhattan's Bellevue Hospital on Wednesday to cope with a possible surge in victims. Public health officials in New York hunted down beds and medical equipment and put out a call for more doctors and nurses for fear the number of sick will explode in a matter of weeks, overwhelming hospitals as has happened in Italy and Spain. In a preview of what might be ahead for the US, Spain has converted hotels into makeshift hospitals and turned an ice rink in Madrid into a temporary morgue. The curve of infections has not slowed in Spain, which now has more than 4,100 deaths, second only to Italy's death toll. Faced with the exponential spread of the pandemic, the US Senate passed a $2.2 trillion economic rescue package steering aid to businesses, workers and health care systems. Millions of Americans hoped the measure would give them a lifeline as they lost jobs, income and child care due to the social-distancing rules needed to slow the spread of the virus. At least 1.5 billion people across the world are now under severe travel restrictions. But the head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, scolded world leaders for wasting precious time in the fight against the virus that has already killed more than 21,000 people, thrown millions out of work and ravaged the world economy. He called it 'public enemy No. 1.' Across the US, roughly half of the population has been affected by stay-at-home orders in at least 18 states.
The sweeping orders are aimed at slowing the spread of the pathogen but have upended daily life as schools and businesses shutter indefinitely. Cruise ship crew with coronavirus symptoms land in Miami
More than a dozen crew members from two Costa cruise ships have been brought to shore in Miami, before being rushed to the hospital to be tested for coronavirus. Startling footage filmed Thursday afternoon saw more than a dozen crew from the Costa Favolosa and the Costa Magica jump into lifeboats in order to reach mainland United States. The crew members wore hazmat suits and were inspected by medics once they arrived on dry land, and several ambulances were on standby to escort them to the hospital. A company spokesperson said the Costa Favolosa and the Costa Magica are carrying a combined total of 1,939 crew, and there are at least 30 who have come down with a flu-like illness. The spokesperson said the boats would dock in Miami late Thursday, and that the rest of the crew would be able to disembark. All passengers were able to disembark the boats back in Guadeloupe and nearby Martinique in the Caribbean. It is unclear whether all 1,939 crew members will be tested for COVID-19, or whether they will be placed in quarantine for 14 days. Both ships are based in Guadeloupe, a Caribbean island territory of France, but authorities have not allowed the boats to return there.
