72 horrible hours in New York: Cronavirus' death doubled

The number of people affected by COVID-19 in New York is increasing, in the last 72 hours the death toll has doubled and now it is 1,941.

The first patient in New York had appeared months ago, it was about a health worker who had returned to Iran, the AP reports, adding that since then the number of infected has increased to more than 83 thousand.

The governor of New York, Andree Cuomo, has declared that more than 12,000 people have been hospitals, whereas the newest projections of the epidemic show no decline even this month.

What we're now waiting for is a picture of the pandemic crisis, which will probably happen at the end of April”, has added Cuomo.

He admitted he is concerned that despite calls for social distance, citizens continue to frequent gyms.

Use open spaces such as parks, take a walk and beam a little bit. But, without getting close to each other, with a word without close contact”, Governor Cuomo said among other things.

Police throughout the city are patrolling and warning citizens to keep their distance from each other. Meanwhile, in the city's central park not far from Mount Sinai hospital, a 68 - bed mobile hospital has been opened until the hospital ship has stopped at the port of Manhattan to accept patients affected by COVID-19.

On the other hand, New York's president, Bill de Blasio, has stated that more than five million masks and 100,000 protective clothing are needed by the end of this week.