13 Deaths in a Day: The 'Apocalyptic' Coronavirus Surge at Elmhurst Hospital

Was the Elmhurst Hospital Hype substantiated by its spring 2020 death toll?

On March 25, 2020, The New York Times said,

“Over the past 24 hours, New York City’s public hospital system said in a statement, 13 people at Elmhurst [Hospital] had died.”

The article provided no context for how many deaths the hospital usually experiences in a day but the implication from the headline & other details in the story was clear: 13 deaths …