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'A lot of pain.' NY has biggest 1-day jump in virus deaths

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A medical worker wearing personal protective equipment pauses after wheeling a body to a refrigerated trailer serving as a makeshift morgue at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, Monday, April 6, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

'A lot of pain.' NY has biggest 1-day jump in virus deaths

By: The Associated Press

Posted at 12:03 PM, Apr 07, 2020

and last updated 2020-04-07 15:03:21-04

NEW YORK (AP) — New York state recorded 731 new coronavirus deaths, marking its biggest one-day jump in the outbreak.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday the state's death toll since the beginning of the outbreak is now 5,489.

More people have now died from the coronavirus in New York City than perished in the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center.

At least 3,202 people have been killed in the city by the virus, according to a new count released by city health officials Tuesday.

The deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil killed 2,753 people in the city.

The alarming death number comes even as new hospital admissions have dropped compared to last week.

Cuomo said the latest death tally reflects critically ill people hospitalized before this week.

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'A lot of pain.' NY has biggest 1-day jump in virus deaths

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