Nearly 1,300 More CCP Virus Patients Hospitalized in New York as Death Toll Approaches 2,000

People stand in line while wearing face masks in the Elmhurst neighborhood in New York City on April 1, 2020. Stephanie Keith/Getty Images

Nearly 1,300 new COVID-19 patients were hospitalized in New York in the past day as 391 more patients died in the hardest-hit state in the nation.

COVID-19 is a new disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as the novel coronavirus.