(CNN) While coronavirus cases and deaths have overwhelmed US hospitals, there have been reports, too, of coronavirus patients around the country dying in their homes.

In New York, the number of daily household deaths is 8 to 10 times higher than normal, one city official said.

"Typically in New York City, on an average day, about 20 to 25 people die at home, but now in this crisis, and for several days running, it's been over 200 people a day who are dying at home," said New York City Councilman Mark Levine, who chairs the city's Council Committee on Health. "We presume that most of that increase is due to coronavirus."

The issue is that people with coronavirus might seem like they're doing OK, and then become very sick very quickly.

In Cleveland, Ohio, a team of researchers at University Hospitals is running a small pilot program designed to help save the lives of coronavirus patients who run into trouble while battling the virus at home.

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