New York City reported another 744 new coronavirus deaths between Monday and Tuesday, a major spike that followed days of declines.
The terrifying pandemic has now claimed the lives of 14,427 New Yorkers who either tested positive for COVID-19 or exhibited many of its symptoms before their deaths, according to data released by the city’s Health Department.
The data showed that victims with positive tests accounted for 461 of the fatalities, just shy of two-thirds of Tuesday’s overall death toll.
The spike in fatalities came a day after the city recorded just 443 additional fatalities over 24 hours on Monday, the first time the figure had dropped below 500 in weeks.
On Sunday there were 528 new deaths, on Saturday there were 513 and on Friday there were 722, Health Department data shows.
By Tuesday 134,874 people across the five boroughs had tested positive for the coronavirus, up from 132,467 Monday.
Mayor Bill de Blasio said at his daily press briefing Tuesday that the pandemic is still “raging” across the city.
“We know we’re not out of the woods by any stretch of imagination. We’ve got a lot more to do. And we also know that the impact of this disease is being felt right now,” he said.
