Brooklyn Coronavirus Update and Open Thread: MTA Pays, Death Count Jumps (4/15/20)

We’re in the fifth week of sheltering in place and the 17th day of home schooling for New York City schools.

The MTA will give half a million dollars — a line of duty death benefit — to the family of each worker who has died of COVID-19. So far, more than 50 MTA workers have perished from the virus. Meanwhile, the official New York City count of coronavirus deaths has jumped past 10,000, thanks to a change in method that now counts deaths at home and those were not tested but had virus symptoms.

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