Ciro Orlando Gijon, 78, wearing a protective face mask as a precaution against the spread the new coronavirus, waits to apply for shelter at the Plaza de Toros de Acho bullring, in Lima, Peru, Tuesday, March 31, 2020. The mayor of Lima reported that the plaza will provide shelter and balanced meals for some of the city's homeless amid the new coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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.