NYC gets more than 60 million tourists a year and is the entry point to America for many travelers, meaning anyone carrying the virus is likely to start infecting others there first.
New York has more coronavirus cases than any country and accounts for around half of all deaths in the United States. Why was is so badly hit and could its leaders have done anything differently?As of Friday, New York state has almost 160,000 confirmed COVID-19 infections, more than Europe's worst-hit countries of Spain and Italy, and over 7,800 deaths.
Millions of commuters brush up against each other on its packed subway system every day, while keeping distance on its sometimes narrow sidewalks can be difficult. The governor ordered all non-essential businesses to close and residents to stay at home a week later on March 22."The mayor and the governor were being pushed and pulled by two opposing forces.
On March 16, six counties in the San Francisco Bay area issued a stay-at-home order followed by the whole state three days later. Six days passed between New York's school closure order and its order confining residents to their homes.
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