NYC virus deaths exceed 3,200, topping toll for 9/11 attacks

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In this combination of photos, the flag-draped remains of a Sept. 11 victim are carried by New York firefighters during a recovery operation March 8, 2002, left, and at right, a body is unloaded from a refrigerated truck in New York during the coronavirus outbreak on March 31, 2020. New York City’s death toll from the coronavirus officially eclipsed the number of those killed at the World Trade Center on 9/11, health officials said Tuesday, April 7, 2020. (AP Photos)

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NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s death toll from the coronavirus has eclipsed the number of those killed at the World Trade Center on 9/11 . Health officials say more than 3,200 people have been killed in the city thus far. That’s about 450 more than were killed in the city in 2001 when hijacked planes slammed into the World Trade Center. In Britain, Prime Minister Boris Johnson was in intensive care with the virus.  And Japan declared a monthlong state of emergency for Tokyo and six other regions. But several countries in Europe _ including Italy and France _ reported positive trends.