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Between March 28 and 29, the number of deaths in New York City tripled from the previous 24-hour period; 222 people died of the virus, bringing the city's fatalities to 672, with 30,765 confirmed cases. [14] Refrigerated trucks filled with COVID-19 victims outside a hospital. The USNS Comfort hospital ship arrived in New York Harbor on March 30 ...
The first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in New York State on March 1, 2020, in a 39-year-old health care worker who had returned home to Manhattan from Iran on February 25. [9] [10] Genomic analyses suggest the disease had been introduced to New York as early as January, and that most cases were linked to Europe, rather than Asia. [1]
The government of New York state initially responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with a stay-at-home order in March 2020. As the pandemic progressed in New York state and throughout the rest of the country, the state government, following recommendations issued by the U.S. government regarding state and local government responses, began imposing social distancing measures and workplace hazard ...
In New York City, more than half of renter households were “rent-burdened” in 2021, meaning tenants shelled out at least 30% of their income on rent, according to the Community Service Society ...
New York had the highest number of confirmed cases of any state from the start of U.S. outbreak until July 22, 2020, when it was first surpassed by California and later by Florida and Texas. [10] [11] Approximately half of the state's reported cases have been in New York City, [3] where around 40 percent of the state's population lives.
Jay Varma is a physician and epidemiologist [1] who previously served as senior advisor for public health [2] [3] and COVID-19 to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. [4] [5]In that role, Varma helped lead New York City's COVID-19 pandemic response, including diagnostic testing, [4] contact tracing, [6] vaccine mandates [7] and the phased re-opening of businesses. [8]
The agency is also the administrator of New York City's community emergency response teams. Each community emergency response team (CERT) is coterminous with one or more New York community boards. New York City Emergency Management maintains the Citywide Incident Management System [6] which is based on the National Incident Management System.
The United States' response to the COVID-19 pandemic with consists of various measures by the medical community; the federal, state, and local governments; the military; and the private sector. The public response has been highly polarized, with partisan divides being observed and a number of concurrent protests and unrest complicating the ...