So which NYCity report is correct or are both incorrect?
New York City reports 923 coronavirus cases, 10 deaths
The Hill ^ | 03 17 2020 | Zack Budryk
Posted on 3/17/2020, 8:12:54 PM by yesthatjallen
New York’s total number of coronavirus cases is up to 923 with 10 deaths as of Tuesday, Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) said.
“The number’s gone up literally over a hundred cases in the course of the day. We’re at 923 cases at th his hour tonight, 10 people who have passed away,” de Blasio said on MSNBC Tuesday evening. It’s unbelievable how rapidly this crisis is growing right now.”
Asked by MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow whether the city was still considering a “shelter in place” order akin to that of San Francisco, the mayor responded “This is something, as I said at a press conference today, that could only be done in conjunction with the state of New York. What I’m trying to say to people is, look at this movement, we’re seeing, it’s tragic.”
“The idea of shelter in place has to be considered now, it has to be done between, in our case, the city and state working together, respecting the state’s role,” de Blasio added, saying his intent was to communicate that New Yorkers should “get ready for the possibility, because it’s not so distant an idea at this point.”
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The lower number is the cases in NYC. The higher number is for the entire state of New York.
New York State and New York City are not the same thing. Of course New York State’s numbers are going to be a lot bigger, with the big cluster in Westchester County, which borders NYC to the north.