Number of coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths in New York as of June 15, 2021, by county

There have been around 42,882 COVID-19 deaths in New York State as of June 15, 2021. A majority of those deaths have been recorded in New York City: Staten Island, Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx, and Manhattan.

Pandemic takes hold in U.S.

Across the United States, around 600,000 COVID-19 deaths had been confirmed by the mid-June 2021. New York has been hit particularly hard throughout the pandemic and is among the states with the highest number of deaths from the coronavirus . The neighboring state of New Jersey was also at the heart of the initial outbreak in March 2020, and the two states continue to have the highest death rates from the coronavirus in the United States.

Death rates in New York City

The counties of New York City are more popularly known by their boroughs: Staten Island, Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Manhattan. The Bronx has the highest COVID-19 death rate in New York State. The impact of the coronavirus has been thoroughly analyzed, and the fatality rates by age in New York City support the evidence that the risk of developing more severe COVID-19 symptoms increases with age.