The global death toll from COVID-19 has surpassed 11,000. Italy has the highest death toll — with a record 739 deaths on Saturday alone.
New York City is now in dire straits, with more than 7,500 confirmed cases in the city alone as of late Friday, according to the city's Department of Health. As of last week, the entire state had confirmed fewer than 800 cases.
"I hate to say this, but it's true: we are now the epicenter of this crisis," New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio said in a press conference Friday. At the time of the press conference, the city had confirmed just over 5,000 cases.its students to completely move out of university housing by Sunday to make dorm beds available in the likely case of a hospital bed shortage.
The striking increase in case numbers is due to more widespread testing, and could also signal that the virus is spreading. Experts say that many cases likely remain unconfirmed due to a continued lack of testing availability.that COVID-19 spreads stealthily: it can take up to two weeks from contracting it to develop symptoms, and often cases are mild. This means carriers can be out spreading the virus without even realizing they have it.
Epidemiologists say the best known ways of combating the stealthy spread are social distancing, even among seemingly-healthy people, and widespread testing. "You should be testing as much as possible," Columbia University researcher Jeffrey Shaman told Brumfiel."Because that informs people to stay home. If they are themselves infected and they're mild symptomatic, you tell them, 'You're staying home for the next 14 days or 21 days--and just do it.'"
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