NEW: The death toll from #CoronaVirus in the U.S. is now 1,031 with 68,572 confirmed cases. In New York City alone, 81 deaths were recorded in 24 hrs, bringing the death toll in the city to 280. The U.S. is on track to lead the world within hours. #COVID19 
Unbelievable.
I should clarify the U.S. is on track to lead the world in confirmed #Covid19 cases within hours or days. The U.S. growth trajectory is showing only limited signs of leveling off.
3 Among New York's dead is nurse manager Kious Kelly, of Mount Sinai West, who tested positive for #Coronavirus about two weeks ago. He died last night. #COVID19
4. And 36-year-old school principal Dezann Romain of the Brooklyn Democracy Academy in Brownsville. She died of complications from #CoronaVirus. #Covid19
5. Mayor De Blasio warned New Yorkers things will get worse before they get better.
