COVID-19 testing site sat the Highbridge Recreation Center in Manhattan on Tuesday, May 19, 2020. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office via Flickr
A report released on Monday by the NYC Department of Health shows that 6.2 percent of new COVID cases in NYC are the B.1.1.7 variant (more commonly known as the UK variant), an increase from 2.7 percent in January. The estimate is based on 45 identified variant cases of the 724 specimens sequenced the week of February 8-14. The week prior, it was actually 7.4 percent. On their website which has been updated to include data on variant cases, the NYC DOH says that the UK strain is “more transmissible than other variants and may cause more severe illness.”
“I’m very hopeful about reopening high schools. I hope to, in the next few weeks, have an announcement on high schools,” Hizzoner said. “Everything is lining up.”
“There needs to be a full investigation,” de Blasio continued. “Thousands of lives were lost. Families deserve answers. We need to get the whole truth here."
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