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The order went into effect as the city's COVID-19 death toll hit 99 and the number of confirmed cases reached 10,764, according to data released by the city health department Sunday night. At least 1,800 people are hospitalized, 450 of which are in intensive care units. Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York has ordered the shutdown of all non-essential businesses in the state, as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases surged above 7,000.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is working to assist the state, providing five, 10-person health care strike teams who will join the staffs at long-term facilities until June 30, Murphy said. Boardwalk restaurants must be takeout and delivery only and amusement park rides, games and playgrounds must stay closed, Murphy said. People walk past shuttered stores in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, during the coronavirus outbreak, May 11, 2020. A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 300,000 people worldwide.
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As of Friday, New York had by far the largest COVID-19 outbreak in the country, with more than 7,000 confirmed cases. The state has significantly ramped up testing within the last 24 hours, and Cuomo said that about 1,250 people in the state were hospitalized with the virus. Sunday, marking the beginning of officials' most aggressive effort to date to curb the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. On May 17, 2021, Cuomo announced the adoption of the new CDC guidelines on mask wearing and social distancing for vaccinated people starting May 19. While not legally enforced, Cuomo recommended that people wear masks while indoors, even if vaccinated.
With the start of the summer season in May, public beaches remained closed as well. On July 23, 2021, the city's health department announced that daily average cases were 32% higher than the prior week and that the Delta variant had become the dominant COVID strain, accounting for 57% of citywide samples over a four-week period. On August 2, 2021, de Blasio recommended that vaccinated people wear masks in indoor settings, following CDC guidance and a continued uptick in positive COVID cases due to the Delta variant.
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The meditation and mindfulness app Headspace is offering a free, one-year subscription to all Americans who are unemployed amid the pandemic, the company said Thursday. Earlier this week, Cuomo said New York City still needed to meet three more benchmarks before it's ready to reopen. Those benchmarks include a decline in the number of new hospitalizations and an increase in the total available hospital and ICU beds. That wish seems unlikely with Mayor Bill de Blasio saying NYC will have to wait until June before a decision can be made on when non-essential businesses, such as its world-renowned museums, can reopen. Utah Gov. Gary Herbert puts on a mask that came off a plane filled with personal protective equipment at the Delta Hanger Wednesday, April 15, 2020, at the Salt Lake International Airport. Cuomo also said he is going to stop any evictions of any residential or commercial tenants for three months to further alleviate the economic and social burden of the pandemic.
Air travel and taxis are still permitted, as is ride-sharing on a personal basis, excluding group rides. In New York City, the mayor, Bill de Blasio, had pushed for a shelter-in-place order to limit even non-essential travel, such as by foot, bicycle or scooter. However, the state governor had repeatedly dismissed the idea, insisting New Yorkers would not be confined to their homes under a quarantine.
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China reported three new locally-transmitted infections of the novel coronavirus on Thursday, raising concerns of a rebound of the epidemic in the country's mainland territories. Once the worst-hit country in Europe, Italy was the first nation in the world to impose a nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. More than 222,000 people in Italy have been diagnosed with COVID-19 and at least 31,106 have died, according to a count kept by Johns Hopkins University. Italy's government has approved a $60 billion stimulus package to help businesses and families reeling from the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.
On December 11, Cuomo modified the micro-cluster strategy to allow gyms and salons to operate in the "orange zone" with increased testing and reduced capacity. On April 15, Cuomo signed an executive order requiring all New York State residents to wear face masks or coverings in public places where social distancing is not possible. On Wednesday, Cuomo said that New Yorkers must wear masks when in public and unable to socially distance, such as on the subway or in a crowded grocery store. New York’s estimated infection rate, technically known as the “R-nought,” is at about 0.9, Cuomo said. A number over 1 means that the virus will spread to more and more people, while any number under 1 means that the virus’s spread is decreasing. The rates of hospitalization, ICU admission and intubation in the state are all decreasing, Cuomo said.
Public schools were closed again to in-person learning in November, as the seven-day rolling average positivity rate continued to rise over 3%. Public health researchers estimated that 44% of all metro New York residents had been infected by December 31. On August 7, Cuomo announced schools could open in the fall if they publicly disclosed plans to address remote learning, testing of virus, and tracing procedures. Of the state's 749 school districts, 127 had not submitted plans, and 50 had submitted incomplete or deficient ones to the Department of Health, including the New York City region, which "disappointed" the Governor.
On the nineteenth anniversary ceremony of the September 11 attacks at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, the reading of names of victims, usually by family members, was instead recorded in advance. The Tunnels to Towers foundation held a simultaneous memorial nearby at Zuccotti Park where around 125 family members took part in reading names. Los Angeles already has extended stay-at-home orders through May 15, as well as Washington, D.C.
Shelves cleared of paper towels in a Walden supermarket on March 13 after school closings were announced. For New York City's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, see COVID-19 pandemic in New York City § Government response. "How New York City and Tri-State area universities, colleges are reopening for fall 2020".
However, he warned that some churches and synagogues were not in compliance and would be shut down by authorities if they remained open. On March 28, a Brooklyn bar owner was arrested for defying Cuomo's shutdown of indoor bars and restaurants. On April 3, the NYPD broke up a party in the Bronx where several dozen people had gathered in violation of social distancing rules. On April 7, NBC News reported violations of the statewide PAUSE order throughout the city, and de Blasio said violations of the order could be reported to 311. Starting in May 2020, subway service and stations were closed overnight for cleaning, as a temporary measure that would end when the pandemic improved sufficiently.
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