US reports record 1,300+ Covid-19 deaths & 30,000+ new cases in 24hrs as New York braces for ‘D-Day’

With little sign of the curve

With little sign of the curve flattening, the US has confirmed over 1,300 Covid-19 deaths in a single day, as well as more than 30,000 new cases, as New York City sounds alarms that its hospitals will soon run out of ventilators.

The disease and death tolls in the US continued to grow on Friday with daily tallies bringing the overall figures to 277,953 cases and 7,152 fatalities, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University. Leading the world in infections, the US outbreak has yet to reach its peak.

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