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20 April 2020updated 26 Jul 2021 6:22am

New York state confirmed as world epicentre of Covid-19 in latest figures

By David Ottewell

New York state now has 247,815 confirmed cases of Covid-19, accounting for one third of all cases reported in the US, and 10 times as many cases as London.

Our coronavirus city tracker drills down into national data to show how urban states and regions continue to have the lion’s share of cases worldwide. The latest iteration shows some positive trends, with New York, Madrid, Lombardia and London all reporting fewer new daily cases than before.

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