Over 250 People Die From CCP Virus in New York in One Day

A field hospital is set up by Samaritan's Purse, a Christian humanitarian aid organization, and FEMA at the East Meadow in Central Park amid the CCP virus outbreak in New York City, on March 30, 2020. David 'Dee' Delgado/Reuters

Two hundred and fifty-three people died from the CCP virus in New York in one day, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on March 30.

The death toll from the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as novel coronavirus, jumped to 1,218 in the state, more than 45 percent of all CCP virus deaths in the United States. New York also accounted for 46 percent of confirmed cases in the country, reporting an increase to 66,497.