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People wear face masks as they line up outside Elmhurst Hospital Center to be tested for the coronavirus, Tuesday, March 24, 2020, in the Queens borough of New York. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the number of positive coronavirus cases in the state surged to more than 20,000, with more than half the cases in New York City. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

People wear face masks as they line up outside Elmhurst Hospital Center to be tested for the coronavirus, Tuesday, March 24, 2020, in the Queens borough of New York. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the number of positive coronavirus cases in the state surged to more than 20,000, with more than half the cases in New York City. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

March 24, 2020

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'Cacophony of coughing': Inside NYC's virus-besieged ERs
March 24, 2020 9:52 p.m.

'Cacophony of coughing': Inside NYC's virus-besieged ERs

NEW YORK (AP) — A “cacophony of coughing” in packed emergency rooms. Beds squeezed in wherever there is space. Overworked, sleep-deprived doctors and nurses rationed to one face mask a day and wracked by worry about a dwindling number of available ventilators.