New York now the Conovarivus epicenter of the world with more infections than any other country outside the US 

New York state is now the epicenter of the world with more Coronavirus infections than any other country outside of the United States. 

This comes after the number of confirmed cases in New York state increased to 159,937 after 10,000 new infections were recorded in 24 hours. 

In comparison, Spain has over 152,000 cases while Italy has more than 142,000. China, which is where the Coronavirus first broke out currently has nearly 83,000 infections. 

The United States has 469,450 cases, making them the only country with the larges cases of Coronavirus in the World.

In terms of fatalities, Italy’s death toll is the highest with more than 18,000 cases. The US follows with 16,715 and then Spain with 15,300.  New York state’s death toll as of Thursday was just over 7,000.