US health officials say they believe the country has entered its 'peak death week', with forecasts showing 3000 people will soon be dying each day from the virus in the US | KnottMatthew
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has expressed cautious optimism that his state - the epicentre of the US COVID-19 pandemic - may be flattening its coronavirus curve, with the hospitalisation rate down and deaths plateauing over recent days.
He added: "If we are plateauing, we plateauing at very high level, and there's tremendous stress on the health care system...This is an enemy we have underestimated from day one and we have paid dearly." Earlier in the day Mark Levine, chair of New York City Council health committee, said the city was preparing to begin the "temporary interment" of coronavirus victims."Trenches will be dug for 10 caskets in a line. It will be done in a dignified, orderly - and temporary -manner. But it will be tough for NYers to take."
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