NYC becomes new COVID-19 epicenter with caseload of 13,119

The Macy's store on Herald Square is temporarily closed in New York, the United States, March 23, 2020. The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in New York City has reached 13,119 as of Monday night local time, according to data of the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. A total of 124 deaths have been reported in the city, according to the CSSE. The largest U.S. city with a population of 8.6 million has become a new epicenter of the outbreak, taking about 30 percent of the nation's tally of 43,901. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)