1 in 5 New Yorkers know someone who died from COVID-19
With cases
of the coronavirus (COVID-19) surpassing 7.5 million globally, one of the
worst-hit cities in the world has shared more frightening statistics.
A new
survey by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said that more
than four in 10 New Yorkers know someone who tested positive for COVID-19. Even
more stark, it said 23.1 per cent of them know someone who died as a result of
the virus.
The
national results for the survey were 16.8 per cent of Americans know someone
with the virus while six per cent know someone who died from it.
New York
has recorded 30,630 coronavirus deaths, according to the John Hopkins virus
tracker.
The study
was conducted among adults in New York City and Los Angeles, and broadly across
the US, between May 5 and 12.
