Officials find slender rays of hope in hospital statistics as the coronavirus pandemic claims *another* 716 New Yorkers in Gotham alone in just one day. City death toll now sits at a nearly incomprehensible 4,260 -- https://nypost.com/2020/04/08/new-york-state-is-flattening-the-curve-of-coronavirus-cases-cuomo/">https://nypost.com/2020/04/0...
That& #39;s the lead spread in tomorrow& #39;s paper, as anchored by the fantastic reporting and writing of @juliakmarsh, @bern_hogan and @BruceGoldingNYP.
Plus, a giant story on the disproportionate hit the Big Apple& #39;s black and Hispanic communities have taken as the pandemic rips through the five boroughs -- https://nypost.com/2020/04/08/de-blasio-releases-racial-breakdown-data-of-coronavirus-deaths/">https://nypost.com/2020/04/0...
The virus claimed the life of Richard Brodsky, the longtime Assemblyman and occasional grump whose campaign for reform helped make Albany more transparent. Read the excellent obit by @ccampy and co. -- https://nypost.com/2020/04/08/former-ny-assemblyman-richard-brodsky-dies-of-suspected-coronavirus/">https://nypost.com/2020/04/0...
We chronicled how the soaring death toll is overwhelming the city& #39;s funeral homes -- https://nypost.com/2020/04/08/nyc-funeral-homes-overwhelmed-by-covid-19-death-toll/">https://nypost.com/2020/04/0...
We took you inside the Cathedral of St. John& #39;s of the Divine as it& #39;s converted into a field hospital -- https://nypost.com/2020/04/08/inside-the-coronavirus-hospital-at-nycs-cathedral-of-st-john-the-divine/">https://nypost.com/2020/04/0...
@dahvnyc introduced y& #39;all to a hero helping to keep the subways cleaned -- https://nypost.com/2020/04/08/nyc-subway-cleaner-keeps-workers-safe-amid-coronavirus/">https://nypost.com/2020/04/0...
And we remembered a hero nurse who lost her life to coronavirus -- https://nypost.com/2020/04/08/emergency-room-clerk-at-forest-hills-hospital-dies-of-coronavirus/">https://nypost.com/2020/04/0...
This is just a sampling of the coronavirus coverage the Post put online today and will appear in the paper tomorrow.
It& #39;s put together every day and night by my dozens upon dozens of supremely talented and tireless colleagues who love this city like nothing else. Give it a read.
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