13 Die From Coronavirus At NYC's Elmurst Hospital In 1 Day

New York Citys coronavirus crisis exploded Wednesday, claiming 13 patients at Elmhurst Hospital Center in Queens in 24 hours. The toll was so immense that a refrigerated truck was parked outside to hold the dead, The New York Times reported.

Its apocalyptic, Dr. Ashley Bray told the paper.

A statement from the citys public hospital system called Elmhurst the center of this crisis.

Its the number one priority of our public hospital system right now, New York City Health and Hospitals spokesman Christopher Millers said, per the New York Daily News . He added that the virus continues to take an especially terrible toll on the elderly and people with preexisting conditions.

.@nytimes has video from a hospital in Elmhurst, Queens. It is horrifying.

We had to get a refrigerated truck to store the bodies of patients who are dying.

Five ventilators...theres a mythical 100 ventilators out there that we havent seen. https://t.co/zARPofu6pS pic.twitter.com/JxKl46H5RC

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.@nytimes has video from a hospital in Elmhurst, Queens. It is horrifying.

We had to get a refrigerated truck to store the bodies of patients who are dying.

Five ventilators...theres a mythical 100 ventilators out there that we havent seen. https://t.co/zARPofu6pS pic.twitter.com/JxKl46H5RC
Tim Hogan (@timjhogan) March 26, 2020

The overrun 545-bed hospital is transforming itself into a facility dedicated only to treating COVID-19 patients, the Times noted.

Its like working at a field hospital in the middle of a war zone, an emergency room nurse told the New York Post . New patients are lined up the doors and there arent enough beds to hold them. Equipment is running out faster than we can restock it. Ive never seen anything like it.