New York remains Coronavirus COVID-19 hotspot in US, reports largest single-day jump with 5,489 deaths

New York remains Coronavirus COVID-19 hotspot in US, reports largest single-day jump with 5,489 deaths

New York remains Coronavirus COVID-19 hotspot in US, reports largest single-day jump with 5,489 deaths

New York  : The US has hit a new record for the highest number of coronavirus deaths reported in a single day, hitting 12,908 deaths by Tuesday evening following a spike of 1,890 fatalities in 24 hours.

The previous record for most new US COVID-19 deaths in a single day was on April 4 with a spike of 1,344 cases, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

Across the country there are over 398,813 cases of the virus reported as of Tuesday evening.

In the US there's a reported fatality rate of 3.2 percent from the virus. More than 22,000 people have recovered from the respiratory illness. Figures show the number of fatalities has increased drastically by more than 8,000 in the first week of April compared to the entire month of March when 4,000 deaths were recorded.

The harrowing figures come as health officials warned this week would be one of the hardest for Americans given the death toll is expected to continue to rise in stark numbers.

Data has predicted the peak of the pandemic is still set to hit on April 16 when 3,000 deaths are expected to occur in 24 hours, according to forecasters at the University of Washington's School of Medicine.

Health officials have warned that the death toll from coronavirus is likely much higher than is being reported because there is no national, streamlined way of reporting fatalities amid the pandemic. The epicenter of the outbreak in the US lies in New York , where 731 new fatalities were reported Tuesday - its biggest one-day jump yet -  bringing the total number of deaths in the state to 5,489 deaths.


New York remains Coronavirus COVID-19 hotspot in US, reports largest single-day jump with 5,489 deaths

New York remains Coronavirus COVID-19 hotspot in US

There are now 139,876 confirmed infections across the state following an increase of 8,046 cases in 24 hours.

New York City's death toll from the coronavirus has increased to more than 3,500, eclipsing the number killed at the World Trade Center on 9/11.

The deadliest terror attack on American soil killed 2,753 people in the city.

'A lot of pain again today for many New Yorkers,' Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday.
He said as alarming as the one-day increase in deaths might sound, Cuomo said that's a 'lagging indicator', reflecting people who had been hospitalized before this week.


New York remains Coronavirus COVID-19 hotspot in US, reports largest single-day jump with 5,489 deaths

New York remains Coronavirus COVID-19 hotspot in US

Over the past several days, in fact, the number of deaths in New York appeared to be leveling off, Cuomo said.

Cuomo went on to say that the state was seeing some leveling out in the number of hospital patients - a hopeful sign even as deaths there and in neighboring New Jersey hit single-day highs.

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said his state recorded 232 coronavirus deaths in the past day, bringing its total death toll to 1,232.