The scale of the coronavirus crisis facing the US was laid bare on Sunday when confirmed cases across the country surged to almost 30,000 and New York emerged as an international hotspot.
Figures presented by New York state governor Andrew Cuomo showed that the number of confirmed US cases had increased by about 8,000 from Saturday, to more than 29,000.
New York has the biggest number of cases in the US. Data showed one in 20 people in the world who have the virus live in the state, with the number of cases surging from 10,000 to 15,000 as of Sunday. Those in New York City itself rose from about 6,000 to 9,000.
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