Members of the Texas Army National Guard unpack crates of supplies as they set up a field hospital in response to the new coronavirus pandemic at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center on Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Dallas. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool)
March 31, 2020
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Help heads to NYC as experts predict over 100,000 US deaths
NEW YORK (AP) — With refrigerated morgue trucks parked on New York City's streets to collect the surging number of dead, public health officials projected Tuesday that the coronavirus could ultimately kill more than 100,000 people across the U.S. Some states that have become hot spots warn they're running low on ventilators, while two cruise ships pleaded for Florida to allow them to dock to carry off the sick and dead.