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"There are several groups that are conducting investigations in animals to really understand how pets are infected," WHO's Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove said.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is holding his daily press conference on the COVID-19 outbreak, which has infected more than 44,400 people as of Wednesday.

On Tuesday, Cuomo announced that New York's death toll surged by 731, the biggest single-day jump in COVID-19 fatalities since the outbreak began a few months ago.

New York City has seen a slowing need for ventilators and a stabilized hospitalization rate for coronavirus cases, but the city should "double down" on efforts to suppress the pandemic, Mayor Bill de Blasio said.

WHO is holding a briefing on the coronavirus pandemic.

Dr. Anthony Fauci said new cases appear to be nearing their peak and the rate of hospitalizations is down.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is holding a press conference Wednesday to update the public on the coronavirus outbreak, which has infected more than 76,800 people in New York City.

"They really called, I would say, every aspect of it wrong," Trump said of the World Health Organization on Tuesday.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared Tuesday a state of emergency to combat coronavirus infections in major population centers. Singapore also passed a set of laws that bans social gatherings of any size.

The Philippine government has set aside around $23 billion in funding for healthcare and economic efforts during the outbreak, said Secretary of Finance Carlos Dominguez.

Indian budget hotel chain Oyo has pledged to "do right" by offering free accommodation to coronavirus frontliner workers and citizens stranded overseas, even as the $10 billion start-up continues to battle criticism over its treatment of hotel owners.

COVID-19 has now infected more than 1,428,400 people around the world, killing at least 82,000 people as of Tuesday.

Despite the jump in deaths, Gov. Phil Murphy noted that the spread of the virus appears to be slowing down, though he cautioned that it's too early to say so definitively.

"Last week, all of my patients were extremely emotional," Maeleigh Soper said. "I sat there and cried with one of them because she's very young and can't have her mom there, and it's so sad and terrifying."

The improvement gives the city precious time to secure needed supplies for a wave of patients expected to hit local hospitals in the next few weeks.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is holding his daily press conference on the COVID-19 outbreak, which has infected more than 41,000 people in the state as of Tuesday.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is holding his daily press conference on the COVID-19 outbreak, which has infected more than 131,800 people in the state as of Tuesday morning.

Even when a vaccine is developed, Fauci said things may never return to what was considered normal before the virus because it will always be a looming threat.