New York surpassed 1,000 daily coronavirus cases for the first time since early June — an increase partially tied to parts of Brooklyn and the Hudson Valley, officials said.
There were 1,005 positive results Friday, or 1 percent of the 99,953 tested, Gov. Cuomo’s office said Saturday. The last time the daily case count was that high was June 5 when 1,108 people tested positive for the virus.
There were 429 new cases in New York City where 1.1 percent of the results came back positive.
Four people died from COVID-19 statewide Friday. A total of 527 people were hospitalized.
The governor’s office tied the jump in cases to more people being tested, noting the positivity rate has been at or below 1 percent since Aug. 4.
In June, the state was testing about 65,000 people a day.
Gareth Rhodes, a member of the state’s coronavirus task force, noted in a tweet that new hospital admissions were coming from “Select ZIPs in the lower Hudson Valley & Brooklyn.”
Coronavirus hot spots have been identified in several New York City neighborhoods in recent days including Midwood, Borough Park and Williamsburg which serve as hubs of the Orthodox Jewish community.
The city said it would increase Health Department inspections in those areas to ensure mask compliance and social distancing and threatened to shut non-essential businesses and limit gatherings if cases continue to rise.
