World coronavirus dispatch: New York sees more deaths than during 9/11

From the US' plan to scale up testing after biggest single-day deaths, to spike in cases in Spain, and China's new employment crisis, read these and more in today's international coronavirus digest

In New York City, the number of deaths due to coronavirus has now exceeded the count of people who perished in the World Trade Center attack of September 11, 2001 (9/11). While the deadliest terror attack on the US soil 19 years ago had killed 2,753 people NYC, the city’s Covid-19 death toll now stands at 5,489, including an addition of 731, the most since the start of the outbreak, on Tuesday alone. These numbers seem to be dampening some cautious optimism that officials had.

Let’s look at the global statistics:

Total confirmed cases: 1,446,242

Change over the previous day: