Poll: Almost Half Of NYC Knows Someone Who Died Of Coronavirus

NEW YORK CITY, NY — A new poll has found that almost half of New York City residents personally know at least one person who has died due to the coronavirus.

Siena Research Institute released the poll Monday. In the poll, 46 percent of New York City residents reported knowing someone who had died due to the outbreak, and 60 percent of people from the city know at least one person who has the coronavirus.

Outside New York City the numbers are slightly better: 36 percent of people downstate know someone who has died, as have 13 percent of upstate residents. For the statewide average, 51 percent of New Yorkers know someone who has the virus and 32 percent know someone who has died because of it.

That the numbers are higher in New York City proper is not much of a surprise. The city has been a hot-bed of coronavirus activity: Monday Gov. Cuomo announced that roughly 25 percent of people in the city had the virus, according to data drawn from the latest testing results.

The poll also found that residents approved of Cuomo's coronavirus response over the one offered by President Donald Trump by a margin of 78 to 18 percent. Cuomo's job performance has been rated at 71 percent positive, his best rating ever according to the poll-maker.

Siena Research's latest report includes some interesting statistics on unemployment as well. According to their study almost a third, 32 percent, of New York state households have at least one person who has been laid off amid the pandemic, and 48 percent of homes now have at least one person working from home.

The full results of the poll can be found at the Siena Institute's website here.