Manhattan still boasting lowest COVID-19 positivity
rate in New York City, according to Health Dept. data
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
The rapid reduction in COVID-19
continues across New York City, as
evidenced by the latest city Health
Department data which revealed that just
eight communities in the fi ve boroughs
exceeded a 7-day positivity rate of 5%.
Citywide, the 7-day positivity rate on
April 30 stood at 2.86%. That’s nearly half
the rate it was just 13 days prior, when on
April 17, the city’s Health Department a
citywide average of 5.06%.
With more than 6.5 million doses of the
COVID-19 vaccine administered thus far,
it’s apparent that the inoculation is making
a real impact in reducing the spread
of the virus even after earlier fears that
different, more contagious strains of the
illness would propagate another surge in
cases.
At this point, no surge appears imminent.
Communities which as recently as
mid-April had COVID-19 positivity rates
exceeding 10% have seen the rate of infection
plunge by almost half.
Manhattan continues to have the fewest
new COVID-19 cases in the city, with
New Yorkers are starting to party again as more people are being vaccinated
against COVID-19.
seven areas logging three or fewer cases
total between April 23-29. The Financial
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District (ZIP codes 10004 and 10006) and
Battery Park City (ZIP codes 10280 and
10282) each had a combined three cases.
Two ZIP codes outside of Manhattan
— City Island, Bronx (10464) and Douglaston/
Little Neck, Queens (11363) each
had just one COVID-19 case.
The steep reduction in COVID-19 cases
indicated in city’s Health Department
data seems to be confi rmed through state
Health Department fi gures announced on
Sunday.
New York’s statewide 7-day positivity
rate, as of May 1, was down to 1.49% —
with New York City registering a 1.78%
rate. Of the 2,849 new positive cases reported
on May 1, 1,304 of them (45.7%)
emanated from the fi ve boroughs.
The reduced statewide positivity rate,
according to Governor Andrew Cuomo, is
the lowest fi gure since October 2020. Hospitalizations,
intensive care admissions and
intubations are also continuing to drop.
Even with the slowing spread of COVID
19, the virus continues to kill people.
Another 33 New York state residents died
of the virus on May 1 — including four in
the Bronx, six in Brooklyn, one in Manhattan,
eight in Queens and two on Staten
Island.
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