Hard-Hit N.Y., N.J. Trail the Field in Initial Virus Grants (1)

New York, which has more cases of Covid-19 than any other state, has received the least amount of federal health grants per diagnosed person, according to a Bloomberg Law analysis of some $2.5 billion distributed by the Department of Health and Human Services.

The health grants, based on existing congressionally authorized programs, are a fraction of the hundreds of billions the U.S. government is distributing to combat the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

The health grants for New York amount to $802 per person diagnosed with the virus. Alaska, by way of comparison, ranks second-to-last in total cases but ...