NYC death toll jumps by 3,700 after uncounted fatalities are added
04/14/2020 05:08 PM EDT
The city now has more than 10,000 deaths.
By ERIN DURKIN
New York City’s official coronavirus death toll has soared past 10,000, after thousands of deaths that previously went uncounted were added to the city’s statistics.
In a new count released Tuesday, 3,778 more deaths were added to the rolls — driving up the previously recorded total of 6,589 by more than half. Now, the city records 10,367 deaths related to the virus.
Previously, the city had not counted people who died at home without getting tested for the coronavirus, or who died in nursing homes or at hospitals, but did not have a confirmed positive test result. .... https://www.politico.com/states/new-...-added-1275931
04/14/2020 05:08 PM EDT
The city now has more than 10,000 deaths.
By ERIN DURKIN
New York City’s official coronavirus death toll has soared past 10,000, after thousands of deaths that previously went uncounted were added to the city’s statistics.
In a new count released Tuesday, 3,778 more deaths were added to the rolls — driving up the previously recorded total of 6,589 by more than half. Now, the city records 10,367 deaths related to the virus.
Previously, the city had not counted people who died at home without getting tested for the coronavirus, or who died in nursing homes or at hospitals, but did not have a confirmed positive test result. .... https://www.politico.com/states/new-...-added-1275931
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