The United States now has the most #coronavirus cases in the world with 83,553 infections and 1,205 deaths. New figures released on Thursday show that the US has overtaken China and Italy with the number of confirmed cases in the global pandemic. Italy is still the hardest hit country in terms of deaths with more than 8,000 fatalities. China, where the pandemic began in December, has recorded more than 3,000 deaths. The number of coronavirus infections have now topped a half-million worldwide. It comes after the World Health Organization this week predicted a grim outlook for the US, saying that the country would quickly become the global epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic given the 'very large acceleration' of confirmed infections.

New York on Thursday recorded 100 coronavirus deaths in just 24 hours, bringing the state total to 385, as the number of fatal cases across the United States increased to 1,205. New York, which is the epicenter of the US outbreak with 50 percent of the country's total confirmed cases, now as 385 deaths and more than 37,000 infections. There are 281 deaths in New York City and 21,873 infections.

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President Trump said Thursday that he planned to 'kiss' the USNS Comfort goodbye as it sets sail for New York City to aid the city with the coronavirus crisis. 'I think I'm going to go out and, I'll kiss it goodbye, I'll go to - it's in Virginia as you know, and I will go and we'll be waving together, because I suspect the media will be following,' Trump told reporters at the White House briefing. Several moments after the president made the comments, the White House announced that he was serious and would travel to the Norfolk Naval Station on Saturday to 'bid bon voyage to the hospital ship,' a release to the press said.