The city’s Health Department is taking action in response
to an uptick in COVID-19 cases in many Brooklyn neighborhoods, including in
nonpublic schools. City imposes new restriction on nonpublic schools following
COVID-19 uptick
Most of the city is near or below a 1% rate of
positive
tests results. Other neighborhoods are moving in the wrong direction.
Gravesend/Homecrest – 6.42%
Midwood – 5.05%
Borough Park – 3.9%
Bensonhurst/Mapleton – 3.45%
Gerritsen Beach/Sheepshead Bay – 3.34%
Flatlands – 3.1%
The risk reduction orders issued by the city include social
distancing and facemasks in nonpublic school building at all times. Schools
must also coordinate with the Health Department and the test and trace corps to
both identify and prevent the spread of COVID-19.