36% of New Yorkers know someone who has passed away from COVID-19

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The Ladders
John Anderer
April 28, 2020

There are signs of hope in New York City. The five boroughs have started reporting declines in both overall coronavirus hospital admissions and ICU patients. Nonetheless, New York has paid a heavy price during this pandemic. The loss of life is almost incomprehensible, and a new survey of New Yorkers illustrates just how far-reaching COVID-19’s impact has been in the tri-state area.

According to the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy’s latest survey, 36% of New Yorkers know someone who has passed away from COVID-19. Broken down by race or ethnicity, 44% of surveyed Hispanics know someone who has died, as well as 36% of Caucasians, 35% of African Americans, and 21% of Asian Americans.

This is the latest in a series of surveys documenting the experiences and reactions of New Yorkers throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. In all, 1,000 NYC residents were surveyed, as well as 1,000 New York State residents (NYC, Long Island, Upstate). This round of research took place between April 24th-26th.

Coronavirus testing has steadily become more readily available for New Yorkers, but only 8% of surveyed NYC residents said they had been tested at the time of this survey. Of that 8%, 74% said their test took place over just the past two weeks and 40% reported they were tested “within the last few days.”

Read more: https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/36-of-new-yorkers-know-someone-who-has-passed-away-from-covid-19

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2. Soon we'll all know someone who died from it

I don’t know anyone yet though a couple people in my extended sphere have been sick. They were mostly younger and all have gotten they it. As we start “opening up” we’ll see a lot more.