News
COVID-19 death toll tops 100,000 as locked down Easter kicks off
7 years agoMedical personnel wearing personal protective equipment transport the body of a deceased patient from a refrigerated truck to Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center on April 8, 2020 in Brooklyn, New York. New York state has recorded its highest number of COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on April 7, adding though that hospitalizations appeared to be "plateauing." Angela Weiss / AFP
The global coronavirus death toll topped 100,000 Friday as Easter celebrations around the world kicked off in near-empty churches with billions of people stuck indoors to halt the pandemic's deadly worldwide march.