New York’s coronavirus death toll topped 10,000 even as the
lack of fresh hot spots in the U.S. or elsewhere in the world yielded a ray of
optimism and fueled discussions Monday about how some places might begin to
reopen.
The brunt of the disease has been felt most heavily in New
York, Italy, France, Spain and the United Kingdom, but grim projections of a
virus that would spread with equal ferocity to other corners of
America and the
world have not yet materialized after more than a month of measures meant to
blunt its impact. Even so, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide
surpassed 2 million on Monday.
The death toll in populous states such as Florida and
Pennsylvania was on par with some individual counties outside New York City.
Houston, the nation’s fourth-largest city and a hub for immigrant communities
and business travelers in the energy industry, has been largely spared compared
to other parts of the U.S. As Colorado deaths surpassed 300 on Monday, Gov.
Jared Polis compared that figure to New York’s thousands and called it “a tragic
indication of our success in Colorado.”
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