Posted on April 21, 2020 by Catherine Kim in Vox Vox, By Catherine Kim In early March, as Covid-19 cases began to surface across the country, activists were warning that the virus would wreak havoc within homeless populations. Now, more than a month after shelter-in-place orders have been in effect in most major cities, the numbers have proven activists right. In mid-April, New York City announced there were 460 positive cases and at least 27 deaths among its homeless population of more than 60,000. In San Francisco, an outbreak in a shelter led to more than 100 positive cases, 10 of them staff members. In Los Angeles County, a majority of the coronavirus cases among the homeless — of the more than 30 so far — are from those who live on the street.
