NYC's Coronavirus Level Reaches Below 2% For First Time In Months

New York City NY

11 May, 2021

12:26 PM

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NEW YORK CITY — New York City's plunging coronavirus rate dipped below 2 percent for the first time in months. The city's average COVID-19 positivity stood at 1.95 percent, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday. "We're under 2 percent and going south," he said. The rate hasn't been this low since Nov. 1, according to city testing data. The falling rate, along with ever-lower numbers of new cases and hospitalizations, is a good sign for a city poised for reopening. Just two months ago, the city's average positivity hovered stubbornly above 6 percent — down from a holiday-high of nearly 10 percent, but still a worrisome level. But coronavirus vaccinations appear to have taken hold and driven down positivity in recent weeks, according to data. The level first dipped below 6 percent on April 19, data shows. Ten days later, it fell below 5 percent, according to data. Within days, on April 23, it was spiraling down past 4 percent. Last week, it went below 3 percent — a level city officials once set as a threshold to close schools.