纽约市COVID-19死亡人数周二超过1000人，因为美国人口最多的地区继续与冠状病毒大流行作斗争，目前该市已有超过41000人感染冠状病毒。
美国东部时间周二下午5点纽约市卫生局证实有1，096人死于该病毒，其中41，771人确诊，8，549人住院。
据报道，该市的死亡人数周一晚上为914人，周日为776人。
纽约市严峻的新里程碑发生在周日该州死亡人数攀升至1000人以上大约两天之后。
新闻周刊联系纽约市市长比尔·白思豪的办公室寻求评论。
美国总统唐纳德·特朗普周二建议美国人使用围巾作为临时面具，因为美国正努力为其公民采购足够的防护装备。“你知道，你可以用围巾，很多人都有围巾，”特朗普在今天的白宫COVID-19新闻发布会上告诉记者。“我的感觉是，如果人们想做这件事，肯定没有坏处。我会说去做，而不是出去拿面具。”
特朗普还表示，美国政府退缩大约10，000台呼吸机，为预期的病例激增做准备。“我们正在向50个州提供大量医疗设备和用品，”总统说。“我们也有所保留。我们有近10，000台呼吸机，已经准备就绪。”
他补充道:“我们必须阻止他们，因为这股浪潮即将到来，而且势头相当强劲，我们希望能够立即将它转移到位，而不去带走它，这样我们就准备好了。”。
在同一次工作队简报会上，黛博拉·比克斯博士估计，即使国家制定了社会距离法规，国内仍可能有10万至24万人死亡。她说，如果政府不采取干预措施来控制病毒，这个数字还不到150万到220万人可能已经死亡。
“没有魔法子弹。没有神奇的疫苗或疗法。“这只是行为，”比克斯说。
尽管有联邦社会距离的指导方针，周一早上，大批人群聚集在一起迎接停靠在纽约市的USNS舒适号海军舰艇，以帮助医院应对冠状病毒患者。这艘拥有1000张床位和12间手术室的船将不会治疗COVID-19患者，但会减轻该市目前正在处理这种新型病毒的医院的压力。
根据约翰·霍普金斯大学维护的一份追踪报告，截至周二晚上，全美已确诊超过181，000例冠状病毒病例，包括至少3，600例死亡。
NEW YORK CITY CORONAVIRUS DEATH TOLL SURPASSES 1,000, CONFIRMED COVID-19 CASES EXCEED 41,000
The COVID-19 death toll in New York City surpassed 1,000 on Tuesday as the most populous U.S. region continues their battle with the coronavirus pandemic that has now infected more than 41,000 people in the city.
At 5:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday afternoon, the New York City Department of Health confirmed that 1,096 people have died due to the virus, with 41,771 confirmed cases and 8,549 hospitalizations.
The city's death toll was reported at 914 on Monday night and 776 on Sunday.
New York City's grim new milestone comes roughly two days after the state's death toll climbed above 1,000 on Sunday.
Newsweek reached out to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's office for comment.
President Donald Trump advised Americans to use scarves as makeshift masks on Tuesday as the U.S. struggles to source enough protective gear for its citizens. "You know, you can use a scarf, a lot of people have scarves," Trump told reporters during today's White House COVID-19 press conference. "My feeling is if people want to do it there is certainly no harm to it. I would say do it rather than going out to get a mask."
People watch as the USNS Comfort medical ship moves up the Hudson River as it arrives on March 30, 2020 in New York as seen from Weehawken, New Jersey.ANGELA WEISS/GETTY
Trump also said the U.S. government is holding back approximately 10,000 ventilators to prepare for an expected surge in cases. "We're giving massive amounts of medical equipment and supplies to the 50 states," the president said. "We also are holding back quite a bit. We have almost 10,000 ventilators that we have ready to go."
"We have to hold them back because the surge is coming and it's coming pretty strong and we want to be immediately able to move it into place without going and taking it so we're ready to go," he added.
During the same task force briefing, Dr. Deborah Birx estimated that between 100,000 and 240,000 people could die domestically, even with the country's social distancing regulations in place. She says the figure is less than the 1.5 to 2.2 million that might have died if the government did not put intervention measures in place to contain the virus.
"There's no magic bullet. There's no magic vaccine or therapy. It's just behaviors," Birx said.
Despite federal social distancing guidelines, large crowds of people gathered to greet the USNS Comfort Navy ship as it docked in New York City on Monday morning to help hospitals overwhelmed with coronavirus patients. The ship, which has 1,000 beds and 12 operation rooms, will not be treating COVID-19 patients, but alleviate pressure from the city's hospitals currently dealing with the novel virus.
As of Tuesday evening, more than 181,000 coronavirus cases had been confirmed across the U.S., including at least 3,600 deaths, according to a tracker maintained by Johns Hopkins University.
