The Metropolitan Transportation Authority said March 19 that there had been a spike in coronavirus cases in the system, with 19 New York City Transit employees and four from the Long Island Rail Road testing positive for the disease as of the previous day.
MTA Chairman Patrick J. Foye said in a statement, "These individuals are in quarantine or receiving appropriate care. As we have said, this is not unexpected as testing continues to ramp up, which will help contain the spread of the virus."
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