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#New NYC coronavirus cases at lowest level since pandemic began: de Blasio

#New NYC coronavirus cases at lowest level since pandemic began: de Blasio

June 8, 2020 | 3:23pm | Updated June 8, 2020 | 3:32pm

The rate of new coronavirus infections in New York City has dropped to its lowest level since the pandemic began, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday — as the Big Apple started reopening for business.

“This is the biggest measure in terms of showing us where things really are,” de Blasio said of the new-infection rate.

He said that of the tens of thousands of people tested in the city daily, the infection level is now at 3 percent, according to the latest figures available — “the lowest number we have seen” and “a great, great sign.”

The new-infection threshold that the city had to meet before starting Phase One of the reopening process under state guidelines was 15 percent.

Other factors determining the city’s reopening included new hospital admissions for COVID-19 and ICU admittance. The threshold is 200 and 375, respectively. The city’s latest figures were 67 new coronavirus patients and 326 people admitted to ICUs with the contagion.

New York Presbyterian EMS personal wearing PPE and masks
New York Presbyterian EMS personal wearing PPE and masks.Taidgh Barron/NY Post

As of Monday afternoon, 21,877 New Yorkers have died of the virus, while a total of 52,920 residents have been hospitalized with it, and there have been 204,253 confirmed cases overall.

The city has been a COVID-19 epicenter for the state, country — and world.

But its numbers have been steadily dropping — helping to bring New York state’s new-infection rate now down to just over 1 percent, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has said.

There were 702 new COVID cases reported statewide Sunday out of 58,054 people tested, officials said. There are now a total of 378,799 confirmed cases in New York and 24,299 dead.

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