In 24 hours the number of coronavirus cases in New York City jumped by more than 4,400 with over 180 new deaths, city officials said Friday.
As of 9:30 a.m. Friday, the city had 52,948 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 1,584 deaths, officials said. At the same time Wednesday, there were 48,462 coronavirus cases and 1,397 deaths in the Big Apple.
Queens continued to top the five boroughs with the most coronavirus cases at 17,832 as of Friday morning.
Brooklyn followed Queens with 14,420 cases, while The Bronx had 9,936, Manhattan with 7,713 and Staten Island with 3,012 cases of the potentially deadly virus.
