New York State surpassed one million cases of coronavirus on Saturday. According to the New York State Health department, 15,074 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed on Friday. The 15,074 new cases of COVID-19 brought the total number in New York State to 1,005,785.
New York City holds the majority of COVID-19 cases with a total of 436,692 as of January 2021.
In a report from CNYCentral, experts have stated that the official number of COVID-19 cases represent a large undercount due to many people in the New York City area being infected during last spring when testing was unavailable.
According to the coronavirus case tracker on the New York Times, the number of COVID-19 related deaths in New York State alone is 37,733.
New York is the fourth state in the nation to report more than 1 million positive COVID-19 cases after California, Texas and Florida.
