In New York, the first death from a coronavirus was recorded: the number of infected exceeded 500
'14.03.2020'
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On Saturday, March 14, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the region’s first death from coronavirus infection, writes Fox News.
The victim of a new virus was an 82-year-old woman with emphysema (a respiratory disease characterized by pathological expansion of air spaces, which is accompanied by destructive morphological changes alveolar walls). This lung disease and advanced age put the woman at high risk for dying from coronavirus.
She died on Friday, March 13, in a New York hospital, where she was hospitalized on March 3.
The mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio, said that the woman was one of the first cases of coronavirus infection in the city and has been in critical condition since hospitalization.
“We knew from the beginning that such people are at greatest risk in this pandemic, and today's news is a sad confirmation of this reality,” de Blasio said.
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The death of a woman has increased the death toll from COVID-19 in the United States to 51. Washington state has the highest death toll at 37.
According to Cuomo, as of March 14, 524 confirmed cases of coronavirus infection in New York, which is 100 more than on Friday, March 13.
“The more tests we carry out, the higher this figure will be,” he stressed. "Nobody believes that there are only 500 cases of coronavirus in New York today."
On Friday, New York topped the list of US states with the largest number of infected, before which Washington was the leader.
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Cuomo added that the federal government and the FDA (Federal Administration for Drug and Food Administration) have approved a request from New York State for automated testing for coronavirus.
This new automated test will allow the state to conduct 6000 tests per day under a contract with 28 laboratories.
“The epidemic will last for weeks, months. She's not going anywhere next week, ”Cuomo said. - Get ready. It will be all over the place. My guess is that there will be thousands upon thousands of cases in New York State. "
