NCoV deaths in the US have increased to more than 2,000, doubling after three days out of a total of more than 122,000 infections.

According to statistics from Johns Hopkins University, the number of deaths in the US has increased to 2,047 after recording an additional 351 new cases, of which New York City, where it is hardest hit, accounts for a quarter. An infant in Chicago, Illinois, is among the new deaths, marking an extremely rare case during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The United States also recorded 18,120 more cases, bringing the number of cases to 122,426, the largest epidemic area in the world.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said in a news conference on March 28 that the state now records 52,318 cases and at least 728 deaths from the pandemic, 172 were transferred to intensive care. The state tested for a total of 155,934 people.

New York state medical care system is overloaded. One hospital had to build a mortuary morgue, while another medical facility recorded up to 13 deaths within 24 hours. The state government and the National Guard are building four folding field hospitals with a total of 4,000 beds to cope with. Cuomo warned it could take another 21 days for the epidemic to peak in the state.

New figures were released in the context of US President Donald Trump saying he was considering quarantining New York to slow the process of turning the city into a epidemic.

"It is likely that today we will implement short-term isolation, about two weeks, in New York, and also in New Jersey, certain areas in Connecticut," Trump said on March 28, adding. that it is important to protect Florida, the favorite winter vacation destination for people in the northeast.

Cuomo objected to the idea, asserting that the President did not discuss it with him.

"If we say we restrict people geographically, it will be a blockade. Then we will turn into Wuhan and that makes no sense," Cuomo said, referring to the city in Ho province. North of China, where disease outbreaks and almost completely isolated. The New York governor also said that such action was illegal and ineffective.

Meanwhile, many states are at risk of becoming new outbreaks. Los Angeles County, California has seen the number of nCoV infections tripled in just 6 days and the momentum hasn't slowed down yet. New outbreaks may occur in Detroit, Chicago and New Orleans. Hospitals and health officials in Chicago, Illinois are gearing up for a surge in patients.

In Louisiana, where the number of deaths increases by more than 40% in one day and there is no sign of decreasing, hospitals are overcrowded. New Orleans, the state's epidemic, is lacking in breathing machines and Covid-19 coping equipment.

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