Health & Fitness
COVID In NYC: Gov. Cuomo Says Staten Island Has 25% Of Deaths In City, Despite Only 5% Of Population
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says Staten Island has gone from having the lowest COVID-19 death rate in New York City to the highest.
December 9 2020
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo says Staten Island has gone from having the lowest COVID-19 death rate in New York City to the highest.
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Staten Island has the smallest population of the five boroughs, yet the governor says it has a 40% higher COVID death rate than the rest. Borough President Jimmy Oddo is begging residents to heed the warnings, or else face even stricter rules and even more deaths, CBS2’s Ali Bauman reported Wednesday.
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