Coronavirus in New York City

Tracking the spread of the pandemic

By Ann Choi, Josefa Velasquez and Will Welch

Last updated:

THE CITY is tracking the spread of confirmed COVID-19 infections and fatalities in New York City, based on information provided by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the governor’s office, The COVID Tracking Project and the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.

“Deaths” include test-confirmed cases as well as those with “COVID-19” or equivalent listed on the death certificate.

You can download our data on GitHub. See all coronavirus coverage from THE CITY here.

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1,885,481 NYC tested
213,561 NYC confirmed cases
23,159 NYC deaths
Borough Confirmed cases Deaths
Queens 65,130 7,074
Brooklyn 59,356 7,130
The Bronx 47,915 4,767
Manhattan 27,003 3,093
Staten Island 14,035 1,060
Unknown 122 35

Cases and deaths: NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene,

Tests: NYS Department of Health,

New York State 4,107,985 tested 396,598 cases 32,156 deaths
United States 34,213,497 tested 2,817,620 cases 129,575 deaths

NYS tests: , NYS count:
US tests: , US count:

Cases and tests

The number of new cases has slowed, even as New York has ramped up its testing capabilities.

Cases and tests by day in NYC

  • Cases
  • Tests

Source: NYS Department of Health,

Share of tests with positive results

  • Positive rate

Source: NYS Department of Health,

Daily tests per 1,000 people in NYC

Source: NYS Department of Health,

Daily cases per 100,000 people in NYC

Source: NYS Department of Health,

Deaths

THE CITY has launched MISSING THEM, an ongoing collaborative effort to publicly memorialize every New Yorker killed by COVID-19. If you know someone who died as a result of confirmed or suspected coronavirus infection, share their story here, leave us a voicemail at (646) 494-1095 or text "remember" to 73224.

New confirmed deaths in NYC by date of death

  • Confirmed deaths

Source: NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene,

Hospitalizations

Hospital bed and intensive care unit availability fluctuates daily due to more beds coming online and patients leaving the hospital, either through discharge or death.

NYC coronavirus hospitalizations

  • Total hospitalizations
  • ICU hospitalizations

Sources: NYS Department of Health,

Capacity at NYC hospitals

All beds

ICU beds

Source: Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office,