More than 14,700 people have died from the new coronavirus in the United States, according to Johns Hopkins University. More than 432,000 people across the country have been sickened by COVID-19.
The grim milestone comes as New York recorded its highest daily death toll: 779. Governor Andrew Cuomo said that while social distancing is working, and the number of patients who are hospitalized is down, “It’s not a time to get complacent.”
He got complacent.