New York City feels the impact of record-breaking week of COVID-19 cases
The increase is rippling across the city – Broadway shows closed their productions and on Christmas eve, hundreds of flights were canceled due to staff shortages.
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Dec 25, 2021, 2:49 PM
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It follows four consecutive days of record-breaking daily
cases in New York state. The
positivity rate around the five boroughs is at 7.5% with city data reporting
more than 12,000.
The
increase is rippling across the city – Broadway shows closed their productions
and on Christmas eve, hundreds of flights were canceled due to staff shortages.
Mayor
Bill de Blasio says the city is ramping up its testing and vaccination efforts,
opening new testing sites and giving out free at-home testing kits.
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