Town’s seen a pointy decline in coronavirus hospitalizations and the speed of individuals testing constructive for the illness, however not sufficient to reopen the town for at the least just a few months, Mayor Invoice de Blasio mentioned Friday.
“We nonetheless can not say with assurance that we’re out of the woods,” de Blasio mentioned throughout his each day coronavirus press briefing.
“Reopening … clearly is just a few months away at a minimal,” the mayor mentioned later throughout an look on WNYC radio.
The each day variety of individuals admitted to hospitals for suspected COVID-19 peaked on March 31 at 850 circumstances. By April 11 it was right down to 383 and Friday it was at 136.
“That’s the excellent news, actual progress,” de Blasio mentioned.
The speed of New Yorkers testing constructive for the virus additionally plummeted from 58 p.c on April 11 to 23 p.c Friday. “That’s improbable. A really, very hopeful signal,” de Blasio mentioned.
Much less promising is the quantity of sufferers within the ICUs of the town’s 11 public hospitals. That determine has ticked down simply barely from its peak of 887 on April 14 to 704 Friday.
“This causes actual pause,” de Blasio mentioned.
As does the two,637 new confirmed coronavirus circumstances within the metropolis Thursday and the 202 extra deaths, the mayor added..
The info, “Says that should you open up too quickly you could possibly just about assure a resurgence of the illness,” de Blasio mentioned.
Every day indicators are additionally a combined bag.
Hospital admissions for suspected COVID-19 circumstances went up from 129 to 136 Wednesday, the variety of sufferers in public ICUs dipped down from 705 to 704, and the p.c of individuals testing constructive for the virus elevated from 22 p.c to 23 p.c, de Blasio mentioned.
“Not the general progress that we have to see,” the mayor cautioned.
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