NYC Covid-19 test positivity rate up to 6.78%: Mayor
Sunday - December 27, 2020 10:36 am ,
Category : HEALTH
New York, Dec 27 (IANS) New York City's coronavirus test positivity rate on a seven-day average has increased to 6.78 per cent in the last 24 hours, compared with 6.69 per cent a day earlier, Mayor Bill de Blasio said.There were 180 new hospitalizations and 3,203 new cases of the coronavirus in the city, Xinhua news agency quoted de Blasio as saying on a Twitter post on Saturday."Don't let up this weekend. Avoid holiday travel and social gatherings. Practice social distancing. Wear a mask," the Mayor added.New York City, once the epicentre of the pandemic in the US, has so far reported 24,889 coronavirus deaths and 400,473 confirmed cases.
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