Non-Profits Campaign to Provide Masks for NYC Health Workers

Nassau County police lead a donation drive to collect medical equipment such as N95 surgical masks, nitrile gloves, tyvex suits, antibacterial and disinfecting wipes to battle the coronavirus pandemic at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, N.Y., on March 24, 2020. Al Bello/Getty Images

As the COVID-19 outbreak surges in New York city, non-profits and citizens around the country have come forward to collect and supply personal protection equipment for the city’s health care workers.

The country witnessed 402 outbreak-related deaths on Friday, with 84 of them from New York City alone. Out of the total 1,841 deaths in the country, 517 have come from the city.