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$FILE - In this Wednesday, March 25, 2020, file photo, a person wears protective equipment while waiting to enter a COVID-19 testing site at Elmhurst Hospital Center in the Queens borough of New York. Los Angeles is half the size of New York City but has a disproportionately small fraction of the coronavirus cases and deaths as the nation's largest city. The same goes for California when compared with New York state as a whole, which is the current epicenter of the outbreak in the U.S. Public health officials in Los Angeles are bracing for the worst yet to come and warning that the city and county of Los Angeles could see as devastating an impact as New York in coming days. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)$

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 25, 2020, file photo, a person wears protective equipment while waiting to enter a COVID-19 testing site at Elmhurst Hospital Center in the Queens borough of New York. Los Angeles is half the size of New York City but has a disproportionately small fraction of the coronavirus cases and deaths as the nation's largest city. The same goes for California when compared with New York state as a whole, which is the current epicenter of the outbreak i…

March 27, 2020

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Coronavirus cases hit 2 largest US cities differently

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