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NYC COVID shutdown expected after Christmas: de Blasio
By Michael Gartland
New York Daily News |
Dec 15, 2020 at 4:44 PM
Shut it down, but not until Santa comes to town.
Mayor de Blasio said Tuesday that a full shutdown of nonessential city businesses is needed to dull the impact of a second coronavirus wave, but he’d prefer to see it begin after Christmas.
The decision to shut down is ultimately up to Gov. Cuomo, but de Blasio over the past two days has emphasized the need to institute one because of stubbornly high COVID-19 transmission rates that could threaten to spread hospitals too thin.
On Tuesday, de Blasio revealed COVID stats that remain at unwanted levels.
The number of new cases taken over a seven-day average stood at 2,813 — five times the city’s acceptability threshold of 550. The COVID positivity rate also remained high at 5.51%, above the city’s 5% threshold...
NYC COVID shutdown expected after Christmas: de Blasio
By Michael Gartland
New York Daily News |
Dec 15, 2020 at 4:44 PM
Shut it down, but not until Santa comes to town.
Mayor de Blasio said Tuesday that a full shutdown of nonessential city businesses is needed to dull the impact of a second coronavirus wave, but he’d prefer to see it begin after Christmas.
The decision to shut down is ultimately up to Gov. Cuomo, but de Blasio over the past two days has emphasized the need to institute one because of stubbornly high COVID-19 transmission rates that could threaten to spread hospitals too thin.
On Tuesday, de Blasio revealed COVID stats that remain at unwanted levels.
The number of new cases taken over a seven-day average stood at 2,813 — five times the city’s acceptability threshold of 550. The COVID positivity rate also remained high at 5.51%, above the city’s 5% threshold...