NEW YORK - More than two dozen city police officers are out sick at the 1st Precinct in Manhattan after one officer tested positive for the coronavirus.
The NYPD says 31 officers are out.
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Seventeen of those are related to the coronavirus.
The 1st Precinct covers a number of neighborhoods including the World Trade Center, SOHO, Tribeca, and Wall Street.
The NYPD has 36,000 officers and almost 20,000 civilian employees.
Police Commissioner Dermot Shea says so far, only a small percentage of his overall workforce has tested positive for COVID-19.