Kings County Public Health announced Friday an 84% increase of COVID cases from June, with a projected 300 new cases this week and 700 next week. Director Ed Hill said the projections are based on a logarithmic scale which assumes conditions stay the same. Though cases are increasing, Hill said they project the case peak in July to be half to two-thirds the size of the peak in the same month last year. Events moving back inside to avoid the high temperature is a driving force behind the increase, Hill said. He said the highest risk of transmission comes indoors and in events where one comes into contact with many people.