Federal officials on Friday reported minimal levels of coronavirus testing in New York City jails, as criminal defense attorneys pushed for increased accountability over conditions that they said made it nearly impossible to communicate with their clients.

As of Friday, the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan had tested only seven inmates for COVID-19, the potentially deadly respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, while Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center had conducted just five such tests, the jails’ wardens said in a court filing.

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