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Coffins are downloaded at the Ferrara cemetery, northern Italy, from a military convoy coming from Bergamo, a city at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in northern Italy, Saturday, March 21, 2020. The Bergamo's mortuary reached its maximum capacity and many victims of the epidemic are being cremated in other cities.  For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness, especially in older adults and people with existing health problems. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)

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As virus spreads, growing need for hospital beds, supplies
March 21, 2020 9:24 p.m.

As virus spreads, growing need for hospital beds, supplies

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic took an increasingly bleak toll Saturday in the U.S. and Europe, producing staggering caseloads in New York and Italy and setting off a desperate scramble to set up thousands of additional hospital beds as the disease notched another grim advance.