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The inflammatory syndrome, which health officials said resembles toxic shock, has killed three children in the state, and Mayor Bill de Blasio urged parents to watch for symptoms.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said New York was working with the C.D.C. to investigate a mysterious illness linked to the coronavirus that causes life-threatening inflammation in children.

The preliminary data suggests that many more New Yorkers may have been infected than was previously believed.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said on Friday that there had been 562 deaths due to the virus over the previous 24 hours, a higher toll than the state saw in the first 27 days of March.