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Photos: US overtakes Italy, China as Covid-19 infections cross 100,000

The United States has overtaken China and Italy as the country with the most coronavirus infections. With the number of cases rising past 100,000 in the US, ground zero for the pandemic looks to have shifted westwards from China, with Italy, Spain and Germany holding top spots in terms of infections. In the US, the surging numbers brought forth a $2.2 trillion relief package on Friday, but also desperate calls highlighting the need for ventilators and basic medical equipment.

Updated on: Mar 28, 2020 7:04 PM IST

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People sit outside a hospital during the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 27, 2020. The United States has overtaken China and Italy as the country with the most coronavirus infections. (Carlo Allegri / REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 28, 2020 7:04 PM

People sit outside a hospital during the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 27, 2020. The United States has overtaken China and Italy as the country with the most coronavirus infections. (Carlo Allegri / REUTERS)

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First responders evacuate sick crew members with flu-like symptoms from two cruise ships at Port of Miami, Florida. Hospitals in New York City, New Orleans, Detroit and other virus hot spots have sounded the alarm about scarcities of drugs, medical supplies and trained staff while the number of confirmed US cases rose by about 18,000 on Friday, the highest jump in a single day, to more than 103,000. (Carlos Barria / REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 28, 2020 7:04 PM

First responders evacuate sick crew members with flu-like symptoms from two cruise ships at Port of Miami, Florida. Hospitals in New York City, New Orleans, Detroit and other virus hot spots have sounded the alarm about scarcities of drugs, medical supplies and trained staff while the number of confirmed US cases rose by about 18,000 on Friday, the highest jump in a single day, to more than 103,000. (Carlos Barria / REUTERS)

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People line up early in the morning to be tested for coronavirus outside Elmhurst Hospital Center in the Queens borough of New York City. Physicians have called particular attention to a desperate need for additional ventilators, machines that help patients breathe and are widely needed for those suffering from COVID-19, the respiratory ailment caused by the virus. (Stefan Jeremiah / REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 28, 2020 7:04 PM

People line up early in the morning to be tested for coronavirus outside Elmhurst Hospital Center in the Queens borough of New York City. Physicians have called particular attention to a desperate need for additional ventilators, machines that help patients breathe and are widely needed for those suffering from COVID-19, the respiratory ailment caused by the virus. (Stefan Jeremiah / REUTERS)

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Nurse Tina Nguyen administers a nasal swab to a patient in their car at a coronavirus testing site in Seattle, Washington. That tally of cases maintains the United States as the world leader in the number of known infections, having surpassed China and Italy on Thursday. (Lindsey Wasson / REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 28, 2020 7:04 PM

Nurse Tina Nguyen administers a nasal swab to a patient in their car at a coronavirus testing site in Seattle, Washington. That tally of cases maintains the United States as the world leader in the number of known infections, having surpassed China and Italy on Thursday. (Lindsey Wasson / REUTERS)

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Workers construct what is believed to be a makeshift morgue behind a hospital, in the Manhattan borough of New York City. “We are scared,” said Dr. Arabia Mollette of Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center in Brooklyn. ‘We’re trying to fight for everyone else’s life, but we also fight for our lives as well, because we’re also at the highest risk of exposure.” (Carlo Allegri / REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 28, 2020 7:04 PM

Workers construct what is believed to be a makeshift morgue behind a hospital, in the Manhattan borough of New York City. “We are scared,” said Dr. Arabia Mollette of Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center in Brooklyn. ‘We’re trying to fight for everyone else’s life, but we also fight for our lives as well, because we’re also at the highest risk of exposure.” (Carlo Allegri / REUTERS)

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The Santa Monica pier and beaches on the Pacific Ocean are empty after California issued a stay-at-home order due to coronavirus. Worldwide, confirmed cases rose above 593,000 with 27,000 deaths, the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center reported. Even as hospital patient numbers steadily climbed, shortages of key medical supplies abounded. (Lucy Nicholson / REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 28, 2020 7:04 PM

The Santa Monica pier and beaches on the Pacific Ocean are empty after California issued a stay-at-home order due to coronavirus. Worldwide, confirmed cases rose above 593,000 with 27,000 deaths, the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center reported. Even as hospital patient numbers steadily climbed, shortages of key medical supplies abounded. (Lucy Nicholson / REUTERS)

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A woman and children look out a window from an apartment in Greenwich Village in Manhattan in New York City. One emergency room doctor in Michigan, an emerging epicenter of the pandemic, said he was using one paper face mask for an entire shift due to a shortage and that hospitals in the Detroit area would soon run out of ventilators. (Mike Segar / REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 28, 2020 7:04 PM

A woman and children look out a window from an apartment in Greenwich Village in Manhattan in New York City. One emergency room doctor in Michigan, an emerging epicenter of the pandemic, said he was using one paper face mask for an entire shift due to a shortage and that hospitals in the Detroit area would soon run out of ventilators. (Mike Segar / REUTERS)

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US President Donald Trump departs after addressing the coronavirus task force daily briefing as Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, stands by at the White House. Trump on Friday invoked emergency powers to require General Motors Co to start building ventilators after he accused the largest US automaker of “wasting time” during negotiations. (Jonathan Ernst / REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 28, 2020 7:04 PM

US President Donald Trump departs after addressing the coronavirus task force daily briefing as Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, stands by at the White House. Trump on Friday invoked emergency powers to require General Motors Co to start building ventilators after he accused the largest US automaker of “wasting time” during negotiations. (Jonathan Ernst / REUTERS)

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Resident Jillian Kislow makes face masks for friends in her kitchen in Pasadena, California. Trump had previously resisted calls to invoke the Defence Production Act, a Korean War-era statute that gives the president broad procurement powers in national emergencies, instead seeking to exert pressure on manufacturers to act voluntarily. New York-area doctors say they have had to recycle some protective gear, or resort to the black market. (Mario Anzuoni / REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 28, 2020 7:04 PM

Resident Jillian Kislow makes face masks for friends in her kitchen in Pasadena, California. Trump had previously resisted calls to invoke the Defence Production Act, a Korean War-era statute that gives the president broad procurement powers in national emergencies, instead seeking to exert pressure on manufacturers to act voluntarily. New York-area doctors say they have had to recycle some protective gear, or resort to the black market. (Mario Anzuoni / REUTERS)

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Medical officials aid a residents from St. Joseph’s nursing home to board a bus, after a number of residents tested positive for COVID-19 in Woodbridge, New Jersey. Dr. Alexander Salerno of Salerno Medical Associates, a general medical practice, described to Reuters going through a “broker” to pay $17,000 for masks and other protective equipment that should have cost about $2,500, and picking them up at an abandoned warehouse. (Stefan Jeremiah / REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 28, 2020 7:04 PM

Medical officials aid a residents from St. Joseph’s nursing home to board a bus, after a number of residents tested positive for COVID-19 in Woodbridge, New Jersey. Dr. Alexander Salerno of Salerno Medical Associates, a general medical practice, described to Reuters going through a “broker” to pay $17,000 for masks and other protective equipment that should have cost about $2,500, and picking them up at an abandoned warehouse. (Stefan Jeremiah / REUTERS)

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A rail passenger wearing a mask walks past a plastic-wrapped series of benches after Mayor Muriel Bowser declared a State of Emergency, inside Union Station in Washington D.C. Nurses at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York said they were locking away or hiding N-95 respirator masks, surgical masks and other supplies prone to pilfering if left unattended. “Masks disappear,” nurse Diana Torres said. (Tom Brenner / REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 28, 2020 7:04 PM

A rail passenger wearing a mask walks past a plastic-wrapped series of benches after Mayor Muriel Bowser declared a State of Emergency, inside Union Station in Washington D.C. Nurses at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York said they were locking away or hiding N-95 respirator masks, surgical masks and other supplies prone to pilfering if left unattended. “Masks disappear,” nurse Diana Torres said. (Tom Brenner / REUTERS)

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Juliette rings a “closing bell” as NYSE-AMEX floor traders work in an off-site trading office with the New York Stock Exchange closed. The US Congress passed a $2.2 trillion relief package on Friday, sending the bill to Trump, who promptly signed it into law. In addition to aiding hospitals, the package will send cash to businesses and unemployed workers facing the effects of stay-at-home orders that have been strangling the economy. (Brendan McDermid / REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 28, 2020 7:04 PM

Juliette rings a “closing bell” as NYSE-AMEX floor traders work in an off-site trading office with the New York Stock Exchange closed. The US Congress passed a $2.2 trillion relief package on Friday, sending the bill to Trump, who promptly signed it into law. In addition to aiding hospitals, the package will send cash to businesses and unemployed workers facing the effects of stay-at-home orders that have been strangling the economy. (Brendan McDermid / REUTERS)

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California National Guard troops package food bags to assist elderly volunteer workers in home confinement in Indio, California. A number of hotels in New York City, including the Plaza Hotel, the St. Regis and the Four Seasons, are making rooms available to medical workers fearful of carrying the virus home to their families after work, or to non-critical care patients, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said. (Lucy Nicholson / REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 28, 2020 7:04 PM

California National Guard troops package food bags to assist elderly volunteer workers in home confinement in Indio, California. A number of hotels in New York City, including the Plaza Hotel, the St. Regis and the Four Seasons, are making rooms available to medical workers fearful of carrying the virus home to their families after work, or to non-critical care patients, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said. (Lucy Nicholson / REUTERS)

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A flag reading ”# We got this Seattle” flies on the Space Needle. At least two New York medical schools, New York University and Columbia, have said they will graduate their fourth-year students early so they can begin treating patients with the coronavirus right away. (Lindsey Wasson / REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 28, 2020 7:04 PM

A flag reading ”# We got this Seattle” flies on the Space Needle. At least two New York medical schools, New York University and Columbia, have said they will graduate their fourth-year students early so they can begin treating patients with the coronavirus right away. (Lindsey Wasson / REUTERS)

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