NEW YORK— New York authorities rushed to bring in an army of medical volunteers on April 1 as the statewide death toll from the coronavirus surged past 1,900 and the wail of ambulances in the otherwise eerily quiet streets of the big city became the heartbreaking soundtrack of the crisis.
Associated Press: New York City deaths top 1,000 with worst to come
Volunteers from the International Christian relief organization Samaritans Purse set up an Emergency Field Hospital for patients suffering from the coronavirus in Central Park across Fifth Avenue from Mt. Sinai Hospital on March 31, 2020 in New York.
