Table 1 A brief timeline of COVID-19 in New York state^a

Sometimes in December

First COVID-19 cases in Wuhan, China

1/17

1st U.S. cases on West Coast

3/1

1st case in NYC

1

0

3/7

State of emergency in New York state

76

0

3/10

1st regional quarantine in New Rochelle

173

0

3/12

Prohibition of gatherings >500 people

325

0

Broadway closes

3/14

First deaths

613

2

3/16

Governor issues work from home order for non-essential workers; schools and movie theaters closed

950

7

3/17

1st ASRM GUIDANCE

3/18

Non-essential retail stores closed

2382

16

3/20

All non-essential businesses closed NY state “on pause”

7102

46

4/1

83,712

1,957

4/6

139,689

4,774

4/12

188,694

9,401

6/1

Riots in NYC

 NY state

~390,000

~31,000

 NYC

~ 214,500

~21,000