US death toll eclipses China

By By Colleen Long, Karen Matthews and David Rising
Updated April 1 2020 - 8:18am, first published 8:16am
TV presenter and brother of the New York state governor Chris Cuomo has contracted the coronavirus.
TV presenter and brother of the New York state governor Chris Cuomo has contracted the coronavirus.

The US death toll from the coronavirus has climbed past 3,600, eclipsing China's official count, as hard-hit New York City rushed to bring in more medical professionals and ambulances and parked refrigerated morgue trucks on the streets to collect the dead.

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