If Half the Country’s Deaths Were in Montana, Would New York Shut Down?

The streets of Manhattan stand nearly empty due to the coronavirus epidemic in New York City on April 10, 2020. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

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According to The New York Times coronavirus report, as of Sunday, April 19, 2:48 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, there were 35,676 COVID-19 deaths in the United States. Of those deaths, 18,690 were in the New York metropolitan area.