NYC says it missed a number of deaths earlier, adding in another 3,700 deaths that were probably caused by COVID-19
Takes the total in the city now to above 10,300
Via the NY Times:
- officials said they were now including people who had never tested positive for the virus but were presumed to have died because of it
- The new figures, released by the city’s Health Department, drove up the number of people killed in New York City to more than 10,000 and appeared to increase the overall United States fatality rate by 17 percent, to more than 26,000.
- Far more people have died in New York City on a per-capita basis than in Italy, the European country with the most deaths.