NEW YORK — Nearly 100 NYPD officers have tested positive for COVID-19, Commissioner Dermot Shea said Sunday.

Seventy uniformed officers have novel coronavirus and 28 civilian members of the NYPD have tested positive, Shea said. They're approaching double the normal sick rate.

"As society contracts this disease, so do we," She said.

The sick rate started to go up around March 17 when an officer tested positive.

Most of the officers are recovering at home, officials said.

Mayor Bill de Blasio has said that "nything the NYPD needs, they will get.

"That is self-evident," de Blasio said. "That's always been the case."

Police Benevolent Association President Pat Lynch has said the NYPD had not done enough to make sure officers had protective equipment.

"No matter how this pandemic progresses, New York City police officers will remain on the front lines and will continue to carry out our duties protecting New Yorkers," he said. "But we shouldn’t be forced to do so without adequate protection."

