New York coronavirus deaths surpass 10,000 after spike in cases

After New York’s health department amended how coronavirus deaths were counted, another 3,700 people who had fallen victim to the disease were added to the city’s total.

Officials confirmed on Tuesday that the death toll now included people who were not diagnosed with the coronavirus but were presumed to have died from it.




The sharp increase in reported deaths came as health department data confirmed a backlog of 3,700 presumptive coronavirus deaths.