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In raw numbers, New York City — with a population of more than 8.3 million — reported about 45,000 COVID deaths. L.A. County's death toll was notably lower, about 36,000, even though the ...
New York City’s cumulative per capita COVID-19 death rate was about 50% higher than L.A. County’s, data from Johns Hopkins University through early March show.
The coronavirus has infected New York City’s rats. Why that’s bad news for people A rat crosses a subway platform in New York City’s Times Square.
Last January, a team of researchers searching for the coronavirus in New York City’s wastewater spotted something strange in their samples. The viral fragments they found had a unique ...
Experts say the city is slowly showing signs of strengthening. This week marked a major milestone for New York City during its 14-month struggle with COVID-19. Subway service returned to 24 hours ...
If you’re planning to travel to New York City, here’s what you’ll need to know and expect regarding Covid-19 if you want to visit. The latest news New York State Gov. Kathy Hochul announced ...
New York City's public school system, the largest in the nation, will close and transition to remote learning Thursday as coronavirus cases continue to rise, officials announced Wednesday. The ...
Florida’s record number of new #COVID cases is alarming, but be careful when comparing it to New York in April. FL reported 143,000 tests today. So 15,300 cases is about 11% positivity ...
After 78 days of coronavirus stay-at-home orders and a death toll larger than all but six countries, New York City begins to reopen Monday.
Refrigerated trailers are housing the dead as makeshift morgues in New York City, but antibodies in the blood of those who've recovered from COVID-19 may help bring relief to the pandemic.
The number of dead in the U.S. topped 800, with more than 60,000 infections. New York State alone accounted for more than 30,000 cases and close to 300 deaths, most of them in New York City.
New York City is now among the worst hot spots in the world: The city now has more coronavirus cases per capita than Italy, the world’s epicenter of the virus outside of China, where it originated.