Covid-19 statistics: Still far from the peak of this pandemic


A staff member checks equipment in the ICU room of a field hospital being set up in Cremona, Italy. With limited ICU beds in any country, the death rate will increase once medical resources run out, if no other measures are taken. — AP

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