New York’s coronavirus outbreak has also impacted the city’s police force, with more than 200 NYPD employees testing positive for the virus, the police commissioner said Tuesday.
Commissioner Dermot Shea said that 211 NYPD members have tested positive for the virus, including 177 uniformed officers and 34 civilian employees, local station WCBS reported. Shea said that another 2,700 to 2,800 are out sick.
New York is the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., with nearly 15,000 confirmed cases in New York City alone.