Table 1.

COVID-19 in New York City during spring 2020

	Number	Share of infections (%)
NYC residents	8 million	NA
Estimated infections	1.6 million	100
Symptomatic infections	1.1 million	65
Reported cases	220 thousand	12
Hospitalized patients	55 thousand	3
Fatal outcomes	17 thousand	1

This table reports on the characteristics of COVID-19 infections in New York City (NYC). Infection prevalence was estimated by the New York Department of Health using samples collected on April 19–28, 2020 [10]. The ratio of symptomatic to total infections reflects a recent assessment by the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention [38]. The number of cases, hospitalized patients, and fatal outcomes is reported by the NYC Department of Health; as of May 22 (4 weeks after the midpoint of the seroprevalence study), NYC had 17,336 confirmed COVID-19 deaths [11]