Getty Images March 7Ĭuomo declares a state of emergency as the number of cases jumps again, to 89, including 11 in the Big Apple. The Barclay's Center before the Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament. Mayor Bill de Blasio urges sick New Yorkers to stay home. Cuomo says 4,000 people in the state are under “precautionary quarantine,” including 2,700 in the city. At least 37 of the cases are tied to Garbuz. March 6Ĭases in the state double, hitting 44 by the end of the day. Long Island records its first case, as the tally in the Empire State rises to 22, including two more people in New York City. His neighbor, who drove him to the hospital, and a friend, the friend’s wife and three kids are also sickened. They include his 46-year-old wife, 20-year-old son and 14-year-old daughter. March 4Īt least nine people who came in contact with the Westchester attorney test positive. March 3Ī 32-year-old Fort Lee, New Jersey man tests positive. Officials don’t know where he caught it, but say it was likely not through travel. New York records its second case: Lawrence Garbuz, a 50-year-old Westchester lawyer who works in Midtown. This comes the day after the US recorded its first death from the disease, a patient near Seattle. She is isolated at home with her husband, who tests negative.
Andrew Cuomo announces the first case, a 39-year-old healthcare worker from Manhattan who recently returned from a trip to Iran. March 1Ĭoronavirus hits New York, as Gov. Officials have begun taking drastic measures, such as banning gatherings of more than 500 people and setting up a mile-radius “containment area” in Westchester County, in effect until March 25. Since COVID-19 hit the Empire State on March 1, cases have ballooned to 328 - the majority of them connected to a cluster in Westchester County. The New York Metro area’s coronavirus outbreak is a case study in how the illness can spread at lightning-speed in a packed, high-traffic petri-dish environment.
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