About a third of New York City's coronavirus cases were in Brooklyn as of Thursday. But a major hospital there says it still doesn't have what it needs to test patients on-site — despite attempts to set up testing for weeks.
. About a third of New York City's cases were in Brooklyn as of Thursday.
In-house testing is crucial for hospitals across New York City that are trying to allocate a limited supply of beds, staff and protective equipment amid an onslaught of sick people. If clinicians can't test for the coronavirus, they are forced to assume that anyone with COVID-19 symptoms is infected.
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