US: number of SARS-Cov-2 deaths exceeds number of 9/11 victims

A total of 3,002 patients with Covid-19 died in the US, according to the New York Times daily. This is more than the number of victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, in which less than 3,000 people were killed.

Most patients with SARS-Cov-2 died in the US, New York. On Monday evening local time, there were over 1,200 deaths.

In the US, over a million tests were performed, of which over 160,000 gave a positive result.

Hospitals in New York City are overloaded, lacking protective measures; some nurses wear the same face masks for several days. Authorities warn that soon there will be no ventilators and sick beds for all patients. Usually, the bustling city is completely extinct.

“If we work together, almost perfectly, we can have between 100,000-200,000 fatalities," Dr. Debora Birx, the head of the White House task force said. Models assuming no action predict a worse scenario – even more than 2 million dead people in the US.

(PAP)