In solidarity with New York State (under 20 mill pop) that now has over 25k confirmed virus cases and at least 210 deaths.
In UK equivalent terms that is c80k cases & 672 deaths
bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-…
They have had to limit testing to the symptomatic as the services have been completely overwhelmed
At this stage 210 deaths represent 0.85% of their +ves.
Asymptomatics?
"My mother is not expendable and your mother is not expendable,"
Good values