Memorial Day 2020: Crowds Pack Coney Island as NYPD Enforce Social Distancing

Police in New York kept a watchful eye over beachgoers Monday who ventured out to relax on the Memorial Day holiday.

Crowds packed the beach and boardwalk in Coney Island, Brooklyn, and New York police were out, enforcing the state’s social distancing guidelines.

Officials had feared that vacationers from New York City would come out in droves because of beach closures within the city limits.

The coronavirus causes only mild symptoms in many, but it can cause serious illness or death for some, particularly older adults and those with certain health conditions.

The U.S. ranks first in the world in the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus.

Worldwide, the outbreak has infected more than 5.4 million people and killed over 345,000, according to the same Johns Hopkins University tally based on figures supplied by government health authorities around the globe, though it has become increasingly clear that the true numbers are much higher.

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