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New York City’s death toll soars past 10,000 in a revised virus count.
New York City, already an epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, sharply
increased its death toll by more than 3,700 on Tuesday, after officials said
they were now including people who had never tested positive for the virus
but were presumed to have died because of it.
The new figures, released by the city’s Health Department, drove up the
number of people killed in New York City to more than 10,000 and appeared to
increase the overall United States fatality rate by 17 percent, to more
than 26,000.
The numbers brought into clearer focus the staggering toll the virus has
already taken on the largest city in the United States, where deserted
streets are haunted by the near-constant howl of ambulance sirens.
Far more people have died in New York City on a per-capita basis than in
Italy, the European country with the most deaths.
The revised death toll renewed focus on shortcomings in testing that have
hamstrung city and state officials since the beginning of the outbreak. A
limited number of tests has been available, and until now, only deaths where
a person had tested positive were counted among those killed by the virus
in New York.
But for weeks, the Health Department also had been recording additional
deaths tied to the virus, according to two people briefed on the matter.
Those cases involved people who were presumed to have been infected because
of their symptoms and medical histories.
They were not included in the counts given publicly by Mayor Bill de Blasio
because no tests had confirmed that the victims had Covid-19, the disease
caused by the coronavirus.
Officials like Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, encouraged by data suggesting a
flattening curve, have begun to edge toward setting a strategy for reopening
New York, partnering with other states in the Northeast, including New
Jersey, to create a coordinated strategy. But Mr. Cuomo has emphasized that
the reopening was dependent on New Yorkers continuing to observe the
restrictions that were imposed weeks ago. | m********i
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: New York City’s death toll soars past 10,000 in a revised virus count.
: New York City, already an epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, sharply
: increased its death toll by more than 3,700 on Tuesday, after officials said
: they were now including people who had never tested positive for the virus
: but were presumed to have died because of it.
: The new figures, released by the city’s Health Department, drove up the
: number of people killed in New York City to more than 10,000 and appeared to
: increase the overall United States fatality rate by 17 percent, to more
: than 26,000.
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