The virus and the disease it causes, coronavirus, has torn through
New York with frightening speed.
New York state's
death toll from the coronavirus
outbreak climbed Sunday above 1,000, less than a month after the first
known infection in the state.
Most of those
deaths have come in just the past few days.
New
York City reported in the evening that its toll had risen to 776. The total
number of statewide deaths isn't expected to be released until Monday, but with
at least 250 additional deaths recorded outside the city as of Sunday morning,
the state's total fatalities was at least 1,026.
The virus and the
disease it causes, COVID-19, has torn through New York with frightening speed.
The first known
infection in the state was discovered March 1 in a health care worker who
recently returned from Iran. Two days later, the state got its second case, a
lawyer from the suburb of New Rochelle.
By March 10, Gov.
Andrew Cuomo had declared a containment area in New Rochelle that shuttered
area schools and houses of worship. That same day, the metropolitan area saw
its first fatality: a man who worked at a harness track in Yonkers and lived in
New Jersey.
By March 12, the
state had banned all gatherings of more than 500 people, darkening Broadway
theaters and sports arenas. A day later, the first New York resident died, an
82-year-old woman with emphysema.
New York City
Mayor Bill De Blasio closed New York City's schools March 15.
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