De Blasio said for more than a week, the city has been around or below the annual average for people administered to the hospitals for the category of diseases related to Covid-19, which is 'very powerful.'
Mayor Bill de Blasio greets healthcare workers and conducts a press conference at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, New York, April 10, 2020.New York City is on track to begin its phased reopening, including opening retail stores with modifications and construction jobs, as the number of hospitalizations related to Covid-19 continue to decline, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Thursday.
For more than a week, the city has been around or below the annual average for people administered to the hospitals for the category of diseases related to Covid-19, which is "very powerful," De Blasio said. New York City has seen a 14-day decline in net hospitalizations and a 14-day decline in hospital deaths and it's testing more than 30 people per 1,000 residents every month.
Citywide, 9% of people who were tested for the virus were positive, which was a slight increase, but that figure has been below 15% for the last 10 days, he said.
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