NYPD Transit Bureau Chief Edward Delatorre has tested positive for the coronavirus, according to media reports.
Delatorre received the result after he became ill with a fever last week and was administered a test, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.
As of late Sunday, Delatorre’s fever had subsided. The chief has been resting at his Bronx home, where he has been in “good spirits,” the sources said.
The department has been working to determine what employees Delatorre came into contact with while he was infected.
On any given day in his role as the transit chief Delatorre comes into contact with hundreds of cops, sources said.
The NYPD would not confirm or deny Delatorre’s diagnosis.
