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A U.S. Army soldier walks inside a mobile surgical unit being set up by soldiers from Fort Carson, Col., and Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) as part of a field hospital inside CenturyLink Field Event Center, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Seattle. Soldiers from the 627th Army Hospital at Fort Carson, will join soldiers from JBLM to staff the 250-bed hospital to be used for non-COVID-19 cases, allowing local hospitals additional space for patients affected by the coronavirus outbreak. Officials said that the field hospital is expected to be ready to receive patients next week. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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Help heads to NYC as experts predict over 100,000 US deaths
March 31, 2020 9:42 p.m.

Help heads to NYC as experts predict over 100,000 US deaths

NEW YORK (AP) — With refrigerated morgue trucks parked on New York City's streets to collect the surging number of dead, public health officials projected Tuesday that the coronavirus could ultimately kill more than 100,000 people across the U.S. Some states that have become hot spots warn they're running low on ventilators, while two cruise ships pleaded for Florida to allow them to dock to carry off the sick and dead.