Nearly 100 People May Have Died From COVID-19 at a Nursing Home in New York City

Nearly 100 People May Have Died From COVID-19 at a Nursing Home in New York City
A patient is loaded into the back of an ambulance by emergency medical workers outside Cobble Hill Health Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on April 17, 2020. John Minchillo/AP Photo
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There are 98 people who may have died from COVID-19 at the Isabella Center in New York City, according to a statement from the geriatric care facility.

This statement comes after New York Rep. Adriano Espaillat accused nursing homes of not accurately reporting COVID-19 deaths to the Department of Health.