New York Times fills front page with names of virus dead

The New York Times has filled the front page of its Sunday edition with the names of those who have died from the novel coronavirus, said dpa international.

All of the usual articles, photographs and graphics were replaced by the list of names and excerpts from their obituaries to memorialize the dead as the United States approaches the “grim milestone” of 100,000 coronavirus fatalities, the news outlet wrote.

The assistant editor of the paper’s graphics desk Simone Landon said she and her colleagues realized that “both among ourselves and perhaps in the general public, there’s a litle bit of fatigue with the data.”

The page was put together by a researcher who combed through online sources for obituaries and death notices and compiled a list of nearly 1,000 names, the newspaper said in an announcement Saturday.

Overall, the US has confirmed about 1.6 million cases, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University. The US currently has the world’s highest number of deaths related to the disease.

In New York State, the US state hit hardest by the pandemic, there are more than 360,000 confirmed cases and about 29,000 deaths.

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