More fatalities than from the Second World War, the Vietnam War, Hurricane Sandy and 9/11 combined - that's New York's sad Corona balance sheet.
The victim was now remembered with an emotional ceremony.
New York City - The US metropolis of New York City was one of the global hotspots of the corona pandemic in the spring of last year.
In total, more than 30,000 residents of the “Big Apple” died in connection with Covid-19.
No other city in the US has been hit as hard by the pandemic.
Corona in New York: Emotional memorial ceremony in honor of the victims of the pandemic
Exactly one year after the first person died in New York after a confirmed corona infection, the metropolis thought of its corona deaths on Sunday evening (local time).
"We honor the lives of those we lost to this terrible pandemic, and come together as a city to mourn, heal and look to a better future," announced Mayor Bill de Blasio ahead of the live broadcast of the memorial event.
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Images of those killed in the corona pandemic were projected onto the Brooklyn Bridge.
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The emotional memorial ceremony was initiated by a minute's silence in honor of the dead.
Images of victims of the corona pandemic were projected onto the Brooklyn Bridge.
In addition, the New York Philharmonic played and a bishop, a rabbi and an imam spoke, among others.
New York: Corona pandemic kills more than 9/11 and wars combined
Mayor de Blasio described the tragic extent of the corona pandemic in the US metropolis.
More New Yorkers have now died from the virus than from World War II, the Vietnam War, Cyclone Sandy and the September 11, 2001 attacks combined, he said in his emotional speech.
“As devastating as the losses were,” said de Blasio, “those and their deeds persist whom we have lost.
What they gave, what they created and the love they gave continues, ”said the New York Mayor.
He described the employees of the health services as "heroes".
The city administration had declared the entire Sunday to be "Covid 19 Remembrance Day".
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New York Mayor Bill de Blasio gave an emotional speech at the memorial ceremony in honor of the corona fatalities.
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Both in New York and in the rest of the country, the corona situation has now stabilized relatively.
The number of new corona infections in the USA continues to decline.
Authorities reported 37,669 new cases for Sunday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University (JHU) in Baltimore on Monday morning (CET).
On Sunday a week ago, 40,966 new infections were reported.
The previous high was recorded in the USA on January 2 with 300,416 new corona cases in one day.
(ph / dpa / afp)
List of rubric lists: © Wang Ying via www.imago-images.de
