New York state in US has reported more than 1,700 previously undisclosed deaths at nursing homes and adult care facilities, AP reports.

At least 4,813 people have died from Covid-19 in the state’s nursing homes since March 1, according to a tally released by the state's governor Andrew Cuomo’s administration.

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In this April 17 file photo, a patient is loaded into an ambulance by emergency medical workers outside Cobble Hill Health Centre in the Brooklyn borough of New York. — AP
In this April 17 file photo, a patient is loaded into an ambulance by emergency medical workers outside Cobble Hill Health Centre in the Brooklyn borough of New York. — AP

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