You are reading

Just One Percent of New Yorkers Tested for COVID-19 Have Virus: Mayor

Mayor Bill De Blasio (Photo: NYC Mayors Office)

June 9, 2020 By Allie Griffin

The number of New Yorkers testing positive for COVID-19 has dropped to almost zero.

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today that only 1 percent of residents who took the test Sunday tested positive — the latest data available.

“That is an amazing statement on what all of you have achieved,” de Blasio said at his daily press conference this morning. “Let’s keep clinging onto that progress. Let’s build upon it. Let’s beat back this disease.”

The announcement, which de Blasio called “unbelievably good news,” followed new city guidance encouraging every New Yorker — regardless of symptoms or underlying conditions — to be tested for coronavirus.

The city’s testing capacity is now at more than 30,000 tests a day, de Blasio said. New York City has rapidly increased the number of test centers across the five boroughs in the past week.

The mayor warned that the percentage could increase and urged New Yorkers to continue to practice safe social distancing and to wear face masks in public.

“It doesn’t mean it’s always going to be like this and it doesn’t mean we don’t need keep fighting because we do, but I’m so proud of New Yorkers,” he said. “You have earned this one.”

COVID-19 testing is free and results are usually available in about 48 hours. New Yorkers can visit the city’s coronavirus website to find a test site by them.

email the author: news@queenspost.com
No comments yet

Leave a Comment
Reply to this Comment

All comments are subject to moderation before being posted.

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Recent News

NY Hall of Science debuts CityWorks, its largest exhibition in over a decade

The New York Hall of Science in Corona opened its largest interactive exhibition in more than a decade on Saturday, May 3. The exhibition explores the often invisible inner workings of the built urban environment.

CityWorks is housed in a 6,000 square foot gallery, and the exhibit was created by a team of NYCSI exhibit developers, researchers, and educators over the past five years. Visitors will have the opportunity to explore the intricate systems and engineering that enable cities to function, including how they break, evolve, and endure.

Twenty people indicted in Queens-based $4.6M vehicle theft ring after three-year probe: DA

Twenty individuals were indicted and variously charged in a wide-ranging scheme to steal cars in Queens, throughout New York City and its suburbs, following a three-year investigation by the Queens District Attorney’s Office, the NYPD, and the New York State Police dubbed “Operation Hellcat,” into the criminal enterprise based in Queens.

Some of the vehicles were stolen from owners’ driveways, some with the keys or key fobs inside. The stolen vehicles were often sold through advertisements on social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram. The defendants are charged in nine separate indictments for a total of 373 counts, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Thursday.