NYC is now offering free coronavirus tests to everyone

• With New York City on the verge of reopening, Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced that anyone in the city can get free coronavirus testing for any reason.
• New York was hit harder than any state when the novel coronavirus reached the US, with more than 380,000 cases reported and over 30,000 deaths.
• On Wednesday, New York recorded 925 new cases, which was 7th among all 50 states.

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When the novel coronavirus infection rate began to spike throughout the US, no state was hit harder than New York. To date, of the 109,000 deaths due to the virus in the United States, nearly a third of them have been in New York. It seemed inevitable that New York would have the longest road to recovery, but in a surprising turn of events, on June 3rd, the third most populous US state recorded the seventh most new cases in the country.

There are plenty of valid criticisms to make about the way that New York's politicians handled this health crisis, much of which led to unnecessary suffering and death, but one area where the state has been ahead of the curve from the earliest stages is testing. New York ramped up its testing capacity more quickly than any other state, and has tested over 2.2 million people. And as of this week, all NYC residents can get tested for free.

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