A local TV news anchor mistakenly declared a young coronavirus patient to be dead after Democratic New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced his recovery.

New York ABC7 anchor Bill Ritter labeled 26-year-old New Jersey resident Jack Allard dead from the coronavirus, though he had made a remarkable recovery since entering a medically-induced coma from the illness.

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