Study: Virus death toll in NYC worse than official tally A new report says New York City’s death toll from the coronavirus may be thousands of fatalities worse than official tally kept by the city and stateWhat is contact tracing and can it help in the fight against coronavirus? The Associated PressNEW YORK -- New York City’s death toll from the coronavirus may be thousands of fatalities worse than the tally kept by the city and state, according to an analysis released Monday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s about 5,300 more deaths than were blamed on the coronavirus in official tallies during those weeks. Garbuz, 50, was the first New Yorker to be publicly identified as having contracted the virus without having traveled internationally. Mayor Bill de Blasio called the attack “unacceptable” and said Monday: “We don’t accept bias in New York City.

Source: ABC News May 11, 2020 13:18 UTC