TOPSHOT - Medical personnel move a deceased patient to a refrigerated truck serving as make shift morgues at Brooklyn Hospital Center on April 09, 2020 in New York City. - America's coronavirus epicenter of New York recorded a new single-day high of 799 COVID-19 deaths Thursday but Governor Andrew Cuomo said the rate of hospitalizations continued to fall. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)
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NEW YORK CITY (77WABC) – On March 1, 2020 New York City’s first case of covid-19 was diagnosed. Since then, over 610,000 cases and more than 24,200 covid related deaths have been confirmed across all five boroughs.
Governor Cuomo made the announcement via Twitter.
We have learned of the 1st positive case of COVID-19 in NY. The patient contracted the virus while in Iran & is isolated
There is no reason for undue anxiety—the general risk remains low in NY. We are diligently managing this situation &will provide info as it becomes available. pic.twitter.com/rLnObvrg3R
— Archive: Governor Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) March 2, 2020
At that point in time, only about a dozen New Yorkers had been tested for the virus.
When New York had its first confirmed case, there were 65 cases across nine states nationwide and two confirmed deaths in Washington state.
Since then, New York state has had 1,643,867 confirmed cases, and 47,615 COVID-19 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins. More than 500,000 Americans have died from the virus to-date.
