N.Y.C. hospitals 10 days from crisis as coronavirus cases explode, says mayor

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Mar 23, 2020 | News | Jerusalem & Area
N.Y.C. hospitals 10 days from crisis as coronavirus cases explode, says mayor

The mayor of New York City, which has more than a third of the nation's coronavirus cases, on Sunday described the outbreak as the biggest domestic crisis since the Great Depression and called for the U.S. military to mobilize to help keep the healthcare system from becoming overwhelmed.


"If we don't get more ventilators in the next 10 days people will die who don't have to die," said Mayor Bill de Blasio, as the nation's most populous city saw cases top 8,000 and deaths hit 60. Nationwide cases are over 25,000 with at least 340 dead, according to a Reuters tally. (Graphic: https://tmsnrt.rs/2w7hX9T)

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