U.S. coronavirus cases continue to surge; high of 700 deaths in a day

Pennsylvania Task Force 1 member Greg Rogalski walks amongst the beds of a Federal Medical Station for hospital surge capacity set up at Temple University's Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Monday, March 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

People prepare places to sleep in area marked by painted boxes on the ground of a parking lot at a makeshift camp for the homeless Monday, March 30, 2020, in Las Vegas. Officials opened part of a parking lot as a makeshift homeless shelter after a local shelter closed when a man staying there tested positive for the coronavirus. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Some of the 133 cots available for use to quarantine military personnel who show signs of COVID-19 are staged at a gym at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Tuesday, March 31, 2020. At least 110 additional cots have been staged at another gym as well. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

A body wrapped in plastic that was unloaded from a refrigerated truck is handled by medical workers wearing personal protective equipment due to COVID-19 concerns, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, at Brooklyn Hospital Center in Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

CNN Anchor in 2009 (Photo By John Barrett/PHOTOlink/MediaPunch /IPX)

The number of coronavirus cases continued to grow in the United States, reaching a high of 700 deaths in a single day on Tuesday.

In hardest hit New York, 300 new deaths were reported in the last day of March.

The U.S. has now seen more than 181,099 cases and 3,721 deaths as of Tuesday evening, according to Johns Hopkins University.

About 37% of the U.S. deaths are in the state of New York.

In California, the most populous U.S. state, the number of COVID-19 patients have also grown in the last few days, with more than 7,400 cases confirmed as of Tuesday and more than 150 deaths, the AP reported.

Around the world there were 850,583 total confirmed cases, and 41,654 deaths.

In his daily press conference New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo addressed his state's situation, where the number of confirmed cases is doubling every four days.

Among those cases, the governor's own brother, CNN Anchor Chris Cuomo.

The anchor announced Tuesday that he was diagnosed with the coronavirus.

Across the U.S., temporary hospitals were being set up in convention centers, parks, and gymnasiums. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said that they were hoping to open as many as 341 temporary hospitals.

In the White House daily press briefing on the coronavirus, experts pointed to falling trends in Italy as encouragement that U.S. cases can soon decline if people follow health guidelines.

But the U.S. COVID-19 Task Force also said between 100,000-240,000 deaths are possible in the U.S. even if people follow health guidelines.

More than 30 states have ordered people to stay at home to contain the virus, a move that has strangled the economy and left millions without a paycheck, at least temporarily.

Story with information from Reuters and the Associated Press.