New York City's death toll from the coronavirus passed 10,000 after officials released new numbers counting people who were presumed to have died of the disease but who hadn’t tested positive
New York City raised its likely death toll from coronavirus by 3,778 people on Tuesday afternoon, after city officials released new numbers counting people who were presumed to have died of the disease but who hadn’t tested positive for the virus.
Until now, only people who died after testing positive for the virus were counted among its victims in New York in publicly released data. A limited number of tests made it hard for many patients to have their illness confirmed.
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