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New York City has long been a cheek-to-jowl town with cramped apartments and determined strivers. But starting in March, as the coronavirus outbreak here began, parts of the city emptied out, with many leaving from New York's wealthiest neighborhoods. Mail-forwarding requests show where a number of them went. Some abandoned the Upper West Side for sunny Miami. Others left Gramercy Park for New Jersey. Some left Brooklyn apartments for California.

New York City’s coronavirus outbreak grew so large by early March that the city became the primary source of new infections in the United States, new research reveals, as thousands of infected people traveled from the city and seeded outbreaks around the country.

<p> USAState TotalCases NewCases TotalDeaths NewDeaths TotalRecovered ActiveCases New York 10,356 +1,958 56 +10 10,300 Washington 1,524 83 124 1,317 California 1,255 +48 24 +1 6 1,225 New Jersey 890 11 879 Louisiana 585 +48 16 +2 569 Illinois 585 5 2 578 Florida 563 11 552 Michigan 554 +2 4 +1 550 Georgia 485 14 471 Texas 430 +36 5 4 421 Massachusetts 413 1 1 411 Colorado 363 4 359 Pennsylvania 311 +8 1 310 Tennessee 265 +32 1 +1 264 North Carolina 230 +54 230 Wisconsin 220 +10 4 +1 1 215 Connecticut 194 4 190...