Sun|A NURSE has broken down in tears after walking into her ward only to find patients dead as she battles coronavirus in New York.

D’neil Schmall, a 35-year-old emergency room nurse, moved to the US state to be on the frontline helping those at the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic.

Ms Schmall recorded a video of herself breaking down in tears in her hotel room at the end of a long shift and after delivering news to multiples families over the deaths of patients in her care.

In the clip, she says: “I am an ER ICU nurse currently in New York working a rapid response for COVID and, today was a very rough day, a real rough day.

“I just feel there is so much anyone can take. I’m tired of walking into rooms, and your patients are dead.”

She added: “You just walk into a room, and there’s a dead body there.”

The critical care nurse says one of the worst parts of her job is telling families that their loved ones have died.

“I’m tired of calling families and telling them that news,” she says.

“I feel so much sadness to my fellow nurses, sisters and brothers, that have lost their lives taking care of people.

“I cried the whole way home, I mean the driver was like are you okay? I don’t think people understand how stressful this job is. I was trained for anything in the world but this is so stressful.

“Everyone is trying hard, everyone is trying so hard. But we got so much to do. We are humans too.”

The brave nurse finishes the video by saying: “If you have ever felt any time would be appropriate to have compassion for each other, right now is the time when we should all have compassion for each other, and try to at least acknowledge what the other person is going through. I just have so much sadness.

“So the end result is you end up crying in your hotel room. Or in the bathroom. There is no one to talk to.”

“I only posted it because I feel like people should know what we’re going through here. I love my job I LOVE what I do! I’m not LEAVING! But that doesn’t mean front liners aren’t human and won’t be emotional about this experience as well.”

There have been 466,299 confirmed cases of coronavirus and 16,686 deaths in the US so far, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

New York City is still the United States’ coronavirus outbreak epicenter,

The coronavirus has now killed more people in New York City than those who died in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks.

The State Governor Andrew Cuomo said he believed that things had changed irrevocably in-state and around the world as flags were lowered in tribute.

“I don’t think we [will ever] return to normal,” Cuomo said on Wednesday, after revealing coronavirus killed at least 6,268 residents versus the 2,753 lives lost in the September 11, 2001.

More than one and a half million cases have been recorded worldwide.