NYPD Loses 20th Member to Coronavirus

NYPD Loses 20th Member to Coronavirus
A NYPD car drives by Times Square as rain falls in New York City on March 28, 2020. Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images
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A New York Police Department traffic enforcement agent died as a result of COVID-19, NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea said Sunday, bringing the number of virus-related deaths on the force to 20.

Agent William Hayes, an Army veteran, had been with the department for nearly 31 years, Shea said in a tweet.