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Coronavirus deaths in NYC soar past 3,000

By
Julia Marsh and
Carl Campanile
Published April 7, 2020
Updated April 7, 2020, 4:37 p.m. ET

New York City’s coronavirus death toll reached a grim milestone Tuesday as more than 3,200 people have died from the pandemic, surpassing the number of people killed on Sept. 11, 2001, in the terror attacks, new tallies show.

The city Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reported 3,202 coronavirus deaths as of 9:30 a.m., a dramatic jump of 727 fatalities from just 24 hours earlier.

All told, officials have confirmed 72,324 cases of the frightening disease in the five boroughs.

Official counts showed there were 2,475 deaths and 67,820 cases as of Monday morning.

“Each passing day brings more tragedy and this is one of the hardest yet. My heart goes out to everyone who has lost someone during this ongoing battle,” Mayor de Blasio said in a statement to The Post. “Please hear me when I say: I will give my all fighting for every New Yorker until our city is through this.”

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Tuesday’s death toll means the number of people claimed by the pandemic in New York City alone surpasses the 2,977 killed at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and four hijacked planes on September 11.

The Big Apple’s coronavirus deaths are mounting so rapidly that city officials may temporarily bury some victims in the Hart Island potter’s field if New York’s morgues become overwhelmed.

Meanwhile, the Empire State as a whole marked its own grim milestone Tuesday, with a single-day record of 731 newly reported deaths, among its now 138,836 confirmed cases.

“I never thought I’d see this many people die in New York again. Absolutely not,” said former Fire Commissioner Tom Von Essen, who led the department on Sept. 11 and now serves Federal Emergency Management Agency’s regional director for the New York area. “The numbers speak for themselves.”

“We’ve been at this fighting the COVID-19 pandemic for three weeks and it’s still in front of us,” he told The Post, comparing two of the darkest moments in city history. “Like 9/11, everyone knows someone who is dying.”

Additional reporting by Bernadette Hogan and Aaron Feis