NYC seeing 'lowest number' of Covid-19 infection rates, mayor says
The goal of the infection rate is to stay under 15 percent and the city is seeing a Covid-19 infection rate of only 3 percent, the mayor said
A view of the New York City skyline of Manhattan and the One World Trade Center during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York City, as seen from Weehawken, New Jersey, US April 18, 2020/ Reuters
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city is seeing the "lowest number" of people testing positive for Covid-19. The is the lowest infection rate since the start of the crisis, de Blasio said.
The goal of the infection rate is to stay under 15 percent and the city is seeing a Covid-19 infection rate of only 3 percent, the mayor said, reports the CNN.
New hospital admissions for Covid-19 are at 48 and that number is below the 200 goal, a figure the mayor called "great."
Of the people being treated for Covid-19 in the city's public hospital intensive care unit, that number is 354 and is below the goal of 400, de Blasio said.
