Sunday, August 15, 2021
NYC COVID-19 cases surpasses 1 million
NYC COVID-19 cases surpasses 1 million: New York City hit a somber milestone on Saturday, surpassing 1 million cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.
The city Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reported there have now been 1,000,469 confirmed and probable cases in the five boroughs.
It came some 18 months after the Big Apple’s first coronavirus infection was confirmed on March 1, 2020.
Health officials said 33,645 New Yorkers died from the virus. The number of hospitalizations stood at 117,496, accounting for about 12 percent of the cases.
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