NYC Coronavirus Positivity Drops Below 3%

New York City NY

03 May, 2021

11:06 AM

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NEW YORK CITY — New York City's coronavirus levels below 3 percent average positivity for the first time in months — a continuation of a dramatic recent decline officials said is due to vaccinations. Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday said the city's seven-day positivity average stood at 2.78 percent. He displayed a graph showing it's only the latest point in a longer-term drop. "This is my all-time favorite graph," he said. "We want to see that go lower." The city's positivity average is the lowest point since Nov. 9, according to data. After that November low, coronavirus levels across the city hit highs — nearly 12 percent for some days — as New Yorkers gathered and traveled for holidays. But after weeks of hovering about 6 percent, the seven-day positivity average began a sharp dip. It dropped below a 5 percent "warning light" threshold on April 19 and kept going down. The drop in positivity more or less tracked with an increase in vaccinations. New York City has seen 6.63 million doses of coronavirus vaccine administered since a massive inoculation effort began, de Blasio said. "COVID is going down, vaccinations are coming up," he said.