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At least 55 residents of a New York City nursing home have died after a coronavirus outbreak crippled the facility as the death toll at care facilities in the US hits 8,000.Experts have repeatedly said that the virus is the most deadliest to the elderly population. Across the nation, nursing homes have been significantly impacted…

The number of people who have died in the US due to Covid-19 climbed to over 40,000 on Sunday, according to calculations by Reuters and Johns Hopkins University. The American death toll is the highest in the world and is almost two times larger than the figures from Italy, which is currently ranked second in terms…

Coroners in some parts of the country are overwhelmed. Funeral homes in coronavirus hot spots can barely keep up. Newspaper obituary pages in hard-hit areas go on and on. COVID-19 is on track to kill far more people in the United States this year than the seasonal flu. But determining just how deadly the new…

Medical workers load a body into an ambulance at Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation Center on April 16, 2020 in Andover, New Jersey.Photo: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez (Getty Images)The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has changed how it will officially count the number of people sickened and killed by covid-19 in the U.S. This week, the…

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic in the United States surged past 30,000 on Wednesday as governors began cautiously preparing Americans for a post-virus life that would likely include public face coverings as the “new normal.” A food delivery driver cycles on an empty road as the global outbreak of…