New York City now says there were 13 confirmed COVID-19 deaths on July 11 — the 24-hour period in which Mayor Bill de Blasio had said there were no deaths reported from the disease.
Updated July 20 at 5:20 p.m. ET:there were 13 confirmed deaths due to COVID-19 on July 11, the 24-hour period in which Mayor Bill de Blasio had said that no deaths were reported.
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reported zero deaths on Saturday, but that number could change as death data can lag and new deaths could be confirmed retroactively at any point. The city's first confirmed coronavirus deathMayor Bill de Blasio called the milestone a statement about"how this city fights back and people do not ever give in."
"Mr. President, all you have to do is say, 'I am now invoking the Defense Production Act to expand lab capacity in the United States of America, to make sure we have everything we need to get tests to people quickly.' You can do that with the stroke of a pen. We need it not only here in New York; we need it all over this country.""The federal government has to step up now, because now it's becoming a national crisis," the mayor said.
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