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City struggles to get accurate coronavirus fatality count as more people die at home
The Health Department estimates there have been 3,778 probable COVID-19 deaths since March 11. On Tuesday, city officials said they would begin counting “probable” COVID-19 deaths, people “who had no known positive laboratory test,” but are believed to have died due to the virus.
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Lucky Strike restaurant closes after 31 years
The restaurateur said he wasn't able to make the restaurant work financially during the COVID-19 pandemic. The beloved Soho institution opened in 1989.
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Kingsbrook hospital nurses demand protective gear after colleagues succumb to COVID-19
Amid a string of COVID-19 deaths of employees at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center in Brooklyn, nurses are demanding more protective equipment for themselves and their colleagues.
Read the full story on Gothamist.
Michael Che to pay rent for all apartments in late grandmother's building
"Saturday Night Live" comedian Michael Che announced he will pay one month's rent for all 160 apartments in his late grandmother's New York City Housing Authority building. Che announced earlier this month that his grandmother died from COVID-19.
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