April 7, 2020 / Carlie Porterfield, Forbes Staff
Topline: On Tuesday, health officials in New York City announced that at least 3,202 New Yorkers have died from coronavirus, overtaking the number of people who died in the city on 9/11.
- The 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center in 2001 was the deadliest attack on the U.S. and killed 2,753 people in New York City, according to AP.
- 2,977 people overall were killed by three hijacked planes that were flown into the two World Trade Center towers in Manhattan, the Pentagon in Virginia and a field in Pennsylvania.
- Governor Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday that despite New York seeing more than 700 coronavirus deaths on Monday, the highest number recorded in a single day so far, social distancing measures are starting to pay off, as new cases in the state have plateaued and new hospitalizations have declined significantly.
- Two days ago, U.S. officials warned that Americans may see peaks in the coronavirus pandemic over the next few weeks.
