They've now bean over 20,000 deaths there and more than half a 1,000,000 confirmed infections on North America.

Correspondent Nick Bryant reports now from New York Easter Weekend in New York City, a date in the calendar that Donald Trump spoke of only a few weeks ago as the moment to reopen the American economy.

But the restrictions will remain in place at least until the end of the month.

And there were signs today the Corona virus spring could become the Corona virus.

Summer, New York announced it.

Schools will remain shut at least until September.

Uh, Good Friday ended up being the most deadly day since the virus reached these shores.

More than 2000 people lost.

Their lives in America has now surpassed.

Italy is the country with the most Corona virus deaths.

783 people.

777 799.

These are just incredible numbers depicting incredible loss and pain for America.

This has been by far the worst week of the Corona virus crisis.

But there are signs of hope.

The hospitalization rate in New York is down.

They believe they're flattening the curve.

On evoking a famous quote from Winston Churchill, the governor here spoke of reaching the end of the beginning.

This isn't an Easter ritual, but now a nightly one in New York, part of the same wave of applause that has gone around the world.

The sand of thanks, the sand evaporation for medical workers, the sand that momentarily drowns out the sirens.

Bronte, ABC News, New York Well, in the US, the danger from Kobe 19 seems to be highest for America's minority communities who've been disproportionately affected on the government here has admitted that there's emerging evidence of the same trend in the UK, The majority of frontline doctors who've died in the NHS have been a black, Asian or minority ethnic heritage.

A new research has also found that patients from thes backgrounds are being disproportionately admitted to critical care.

Units across the UK are community affairs correspondent Rhianna crops and reports.

When you can't even hug your mother two hours after your father passed away, that pain really affect you.

It helps you so much This is a mere a one.

His father is a died on Wednesday.

This is his message.

You should mind your loved ones, your love, your parents and you love your friends and you love your family.

Please stay at home.

The grandfather of six have described by his family as a legend, the backbone of his community, a man who loved this city and gave so much back to it.

He said, You're going to get through this and you're gonna fight this.

Andi, you look she's button mostly bubble.

Within two days.

He's one of thousands of people who have lost their lives to Corona virus.

Early research is suggesting that people have black, Asian and minority ethnic heritage are being disproportionately affected.

Only 40% of people in England and Wales off from these backgrounds.

Yet they currently make up 34% of patients in critical care units that you have colleagues who have taken to buying our own goggles and buys this junior doctor works at Ealing Hospital in London, one of the worst hit areas in the country, He says there could be many factors behind the figures.

Whether they're the genetic concluded.

We don't know.

But we have seen that certain underlying comb abilities like diabetes let the pressure etcetera, can impact the way that you experiences disease.

Places of worship can be huge sources of spread.

Just because there are so many people in such a small space, there is clear evidence to show that coming from a low, lower socioeconomic background, if you can't be English, and particularly in this current environment where you can't really bring a family member with you because of all concerned with Karina, that can have a huge impact from simply just being able to say I'm in pain, I'm sure took breath.

Labour has called on the government to urgently investigate the data and said it was deeply disturbed by the number of ethnic minority doctor to you had died.

Dr.

John Genic Winder is working on the front line at Kings in hospital.

He has recently lost his father and colleagues to the virus and says more data is needed.

I think it's really important we look at why people have died, look at the pattern, so there any lessons we can learn for the future, I think be very important and hoping the Health and Public health.

England are collecting that data so they can help support communities in the future.

The Department of Health at its current data on coronavirus did not track ethnicity, but these families hope this won't lead to them being overlooked.