A woman and child prepare to step into a line to enter a COVID-19 testing site at Elmhurst Hospital Center, Wednesday, March 25, 2020, in New York. New York has enacted strict rules to keep residents inside as much as possible other than for essential needs such as food and medicine. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
March 26, 2020
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March 26, 2020 12:25 a.m.
New York struggles with coronavirus, US deaths top 1,000
NEW YORK (AP) — New York authorities mobilized to head off a public health disaster Wednesday, with the city's emergence as the nation's biggest coronavirus hot spot a warning flare — and perhaps a cautionary tale — for the rest of the country as U.S. deaths from the pandemic topped 1,000.