Introductions and early spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the New York City area

  1. Ana S. Gonzalez-Reiche
  2. Matthew M. Hernandez
  3. Mitchell Sullivan
  4. Brianne Ciferri
  5. Hala Alshammary
  6. Ajay Obla
  7. Shelcie Fabre
  8. Giulio Kleiner
  9. Jose Polanco
  10. Zenab Khan
  11. Bremy Alburquerque
  12. Adriana van de Guchte
  13. Jayeeta Dutta
  14. Nancy Francoeur
  15. Betsaida Salom Melo
  16. Irina Oussenko
  17. Gintaras Deikus
  18. Juan Soto
  19. Shwetha Hara Sridhar
  20. Ying-Chih Wang
  21. Kathryn Twyman
  22. Andrew Kasarskis
  23. Deena Rose Altman
  24. Melissa Smith
  25. Robert Sebra
  26. Judith Aberg
  27. Florian Krammer
  28. Adolfo García-Sastre
  29. Marta Luksza
  30. Gopi Patel
  31. Alberto Paniz-Mondolfi
  32. Melissa Gitman
  33. Emilia Mia Sordillo
  34. Viviana Simon
  35. Harm van Bakel
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Abstract

New York City (NYC) has emerged as one of the epicenters of the current SARS-CoV2 pandemic. To identify the early events underlying the rapid spread of the virus in the NYC metropolitan area, we sequenced the virus causing COVID19 in patients seeking care at the Mount Sinai Health System. Phylogenetic analysis of 84 distinct SARS-CoV2 genomes indicates multiple, independent but isolated introductions mainly from Europe and other parts of the United States. Moreover, we find evidence for community transmission of SARS-CoV2 as suggested by clusters of related viruses found in patients living in different neighborhoods of the city.

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