The three areas holding New York City back from reopening are the lack of free hospital beds and contact tracers which have to be hired by the local government The persistent new coronavirus cases in New York City are coming from low income neighborhoods and faith-based communities, Gov. Cuomo said on Wednesday, including some areas of the Bronx where nearly half of residents tested positive. There were another 112 deaths on Tuesday and 295 new hospitalizations from COVID-19. The citywide death toll is now 16,000 and there have been more than 191,000 cases. Across the entire state of New York – which is largely reopening aside from NYC, Long Island and mid-Hudson, there have been more than 22,000 deaths and more than 350,000 cases. Cuomo said on Wednesday that a recent study of testing carried out at church sites, which are closed, revealed higher than average infection rates than anywhere else, with many residents testing positive for antibodies. He also said the continuing cases are coming from low income zip codes. New York City has now got a low enough daily death rate and daily hospitalization rate to reopen but it continues to be held back by the lack of hospital… Read full this story
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