niman Posted March 24, 2020 Report Posted March 24, 2020 More than 26,000 tri-state residents have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, and health officials caution the number of confirmed infected will rise as the capacity for testing increases. The vast majority of the people who have been tested, though, have been negative. New York's first positive case was announced on Sunday, March 1; the state's first death was announced nearly two weeks later, on March 14. New York City holds the highest number of cases in the state and about a third of the cases in America. The numbers -- and fatalities -- in New Jersey and Connecticut also continue to climb. To date, at least 220 people in the three states have died. Here are the latest number of cases, last updated at 9:40 p.m. on March 23, according to the governors of the respective states: New York New York City 13,119 Albany County 127 Allegany County 2 Broome County 2 Chenango County 2 Clinton County 2 Columbia County 1 Delaware County 1 Dutchess County 100 Erie County 87 Essex County 1 Fulton County 1 Genesee County 1 Greene County 2 Hamilton County 2 Herkimer County 2 Jefferson County 1 Livingston County 1 Monroe County 76 Montgomery County 2 Nassau County 2,442 Niagara County 3 Oneida County 2 Onondaga County 8 Ontario County 3 Orange County 389 Putnam County 7 Rensselaer County 8 Rockland County 592 Saratoga County 24 Schenectady County 21 Schoharie County 1 Suffolk County 1,458 Sullivan County 8 Tioga County 1 Tompkins County 7 Ulster County 38 Warren County 1 Washington County 1 Wayne County 1 Westchester County 2,894 Wyoming County 2 New York State Total 23,230 New York State Deaths 183 https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/how-many-in-tri-state-have-tested-positive-for-coronavirus-here-are-latest-cases-by-the-numbers/2317721/
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