Early symptoms
Even before the worst days of the pandemic in April, there were early signs that New York would be hit hard. Hart Island burials peaked in the spring and tapered toward the end of the year, partly because many bodies had yet to be claimed and buried.
Burials 2019
Burials 2020
1,000
March 14, 2020: First documented death due
to COVID-19 in the city
800
600
400
200
0
Jan
Feb
March
April
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Early symptoms
Even before the worst days of the pandemic in April, there were early signs that New York would be hit hard. Hart Island burials peaked in the spring and tapered toward the end of the year, partly because many bodies had yet to be claimed and buried.
Burials 2019
Burials 2020
1,000
March 14, 2020: First documented death due
to COVID-19 in the city
800
600
400
200
0
Jan
Feb
March
April
May
June
July
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Aug
Early symptoms
Even before the worst days of the pandemic in April, there were early signs that New York would be hit hard. Hart Island burials peaked in the spring and tapered toward the end of the year, partly because many bodies had yet to be claimed and buried.
Burials 2019
Burials 2020
1,000
March 14, 2020:
First documented
death due to COVID-19
in the city
800
600
400
200
0
Jan
March
May
July
Sept
Dec
Early symptoms
Even before the worst days of the pandemic in April, there were early signs that New York would be hit hard. Hart Island burials peaked in the spring and tapered toward the end of the year, partly because many bodies had yet to be claimed and buried.
Burials
2019
Burials
2020
1,000
March 14, 2020: First
documented death due
to COVID-19 in the city
800
600
400
200
0
Jan
March
July
Sept
Dec