U.S. deaths from the coronavirus exceed 700 in one day, overall toll surpasses China

[yaesu]

Source: Washington Post

The coronavirus death toll in the United States for the first time exceeded 700 in one day, according to data compiled by The Washington Post. The total number of deaths nationwide on Tuesday surpassed 3,400 — more than the number of people who died in the initial Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and surpassing the number of deaths attributed to the viral outbreak in China, where it was first reported late last year.

The confirmed number of infections worldwide continues to grow, surpassing 800,000 on Tuesday. In the United States, there are more than 175,000 confirmed cases. Health officials have warned the virus could kill as many as 200,000 people in America.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/03/31/coronavirus-latest-news/

[beachbumbob]

1. We are not even close to the numbers we will see in coming weeks. BTW, a close friend of mine who

works in a hospital facility engineering was requested to see how many bodies can be placed on racks inside a refrigerated semi-trailer with plans of having 4 on site in coming week(s),, We are NOT a large urban center like Chicago or St, Louis

[bucolic_frolic]

2. So much winning

MAGA. First in body counts.

[LisaL]

3. We are sick of it, aren't we?

[former9thward]

9. First compared to who?

The center of the epidemic is Europe. At least 3 countries, Italy, Spain and France have higher deaths than the U.S.

[bucolic_frolic]

12. First in total number of cases

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

Give it a week, we'll be first in everything else too.

[former9thward]

13. Another person that believes the Chinese dictatorship.

Weird.... The posters said deaths -- not the number of cases. You are moving the goal posts. And Europe, a area with a comparable population to the U.S. has 400,000 cases. The U.S. is not even close.

[bucolic_frolic]

14. Now you're moving the goal posts by aggregating countries into geographic wholes. /nt

[former9thward]

18. Taking small countries and comparing them to the U.S. as whole

is comparing apples to oranges. You can do that if you are a fan of false equivalency. The European countries all, except Germany, have far higher death rates than the U.S. They have been totally incompetent.

[keithbvadu2]

4. Trump Virus quotes: About the Trumpvirus

Trump Virus quotes:

“We pretty much shut it down coming in from China... we’re going to see what happens, but we did shut it down, yes." Trump, Feb 2nd, Fox News interview.

“The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA." Trump, Feb 24th tweet.

“We have it so well under control." Trump, Feb 26th, news conference.

"This is a very contagious virus. It’s incredible. But it’s something that we have tremendous control over." ~Trump, Press briefing, March 15, 2020.

'I don't take responsibility at all'

[turbinetree]

5. He still doesn't care and neither does his party it was and still a HOAX................

November 3, 2020 cannot get here fast enough.....................

[Ligyron]

6. We're # 1!!!

You sss aa, U.S.A., U.S.A.!!!

So much winning...

[Evolve Dammit]

7. Where's my #1 foam finger?? I could jam it in his mouth. It's a start?

[former9thward]

8. I am sorry to see the Post believes a communist dictatorship

on their figures. I don't.

[efhmc]

10. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

[former9thward]

11. And???

Those figures are simply what China reports. Do you believe them???

[Dopers_Greed]

15. That is assuming that China's numbers aren't fake

Which is a huge assumption

[GeorgiaPeanut]

16. There will be no quick end to this

unless someone takes charge and issues a dictat for a nationwide shelter in place with curfews in hot spots with mandatory isolation of contacts.

[The Mouth]

21. Martial law for 4 weeks

or 6 months of dealing with covidiots.

[GeorgiaPeanut]

23. "covidiots"

Very creative ... I'm going to borrow it!

[catsudon]

17. the chinese number is fake....

I'm sort of glad that they are not even doing a good job faking it.... People can use math to look at just the death in wuhan city .

The funeral home promises to give out 500 urns per day and will try to give out all before Qingming Festival (Apr. 4). That number is already more than 6K and from just one funeral home, and there are 10 in Wuhan

CCP knows that they're screwed, Japan minister Aso Taro, Boris Johnson, German MPs, Italian politicians have been making remarks that can easily be seen on youtube.

the bill will come due soon for CCP.

[greenjar_01]

19. Oh boy

[The Mouth]

20. Well, if anyone believes any of the statistics coming from the Chinese government

I've no more reason to trust them than any statistic coming from Drumpf and co.

[nycbos]

22. I am as anti Trump as they come...

... but that doesn't mean I don't take China's numbers with a pinch of salt