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US coronavirus death toll tops 23,000, outbreak may reach peak this week


Nurses and healthcare workers mourn and remember their colleagues who died from the coronavirus outbreak during a demonstration outside Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City on April 10, 2020. (AFP photo)

US deaths from the novel coronavirus topped 23,600 on Tuesday, according to a Reuters tally, as officials said the outbreak could reach its peak this week.

The United States, with the worlds third-largest population, has recorded more fatalities from COVID-19 than any other country. There were a total of nearly 582,000 US cases as of Monday with over 1.8 million reported cases globally.

Deaths reported on Sunday numbered 1,513. About 2,000 deaths were reported for each of the previous four days in a row.

Experts say official statistics have understated the actual number of people who have succumbed to the respiratory disease, having excluded coronavirus-related deaths at home.

The largest number of fatalities, over 10,000, was in New York state with the concentration in and around New York City, the most populous US city with about 8.4 million people.

Sweeping stay-at-home restrictions to curb the spread of the disease, in place for weeks in many areas of the United States, have taken a painful toll on the economy. With businesses closed and curbs on travel, officials and lawmakers are debating when it might be safe to begin reopening some sectors.

US nursing home deaths soar past 3,600 in alarming surge

More than 3,600 deaths across the US have been linked to coronavirus outbreaks in nursing homes and long-term care facilities, an alarming rise in just the past two weeks, according to the latest count by The Associated Press.

Because the federal government has not been releasing a count of its own, the AP has kept its own running tally based on media reports and state health departments. The latest count of at least 3,621 deaths is up from about 450 deaths just 10 days ago.

But the true toll among the 1 million mostly frail and elderly people who live in such facilities is likely much higher, experts say, because most state counts dont include those who died without ever being tested for COVID-19.

Outbreaks in just the past few weeks have included one at a nursing home in suburban Richmond, Virginia, that has killed 42 and infected more than 100, another at nursing home in central Indiana that has killed 24 and infected 16, and one at a veterans home in Holyoke, Massachusetts, that has killed 38, infected 88 and prompted a federal investigation.

Experts say nursing home deaths may keep climbing because of chronic staffing shortages that have been made worse by the coronavirus crisis, a shortage of protective supplies and a continued lack of available testing.

President Donald Trumps response to the coronavirus pandemic, which has been sharply condemned by US experts as severely inadequate, is ruining Americas reputation as a competent country, according to The Guardian newspaper.

Trumps incompetence and dishonesty in managing the COVID-19 pandemic has left foreign observers as well as Americans in disbelief and may permanently tarnish US standing around the world, the newspaper reported on Sunday.

"Erratic behavior, tolerated in the past, is now seen as downright dangerous. Its long been plain, at least to many in Europe, that Trump could not be trusted. Now he is seen as a threat. It is not just about failed leadership. Its about openly hostile, reckless actions," the newspaper said.

(Source: Agencies)

 

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