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Eugenio Brito, Vice President of Bodegas of America, receives a Pfizer vaccination shot in Harlem on April 23. (Mike Segar-Pool/Getty Images)
NEW YORK CITY The coronavirus rate in New York City hit a months-long low as the city is poised for a wide reopening.
Mayor Bill de Blasio on Friday told WNYC s Brian Lehrer that the city s average positivity stood at 2.41 percent. This is the lowest COVID rate in New York City in six months, he said.
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The low rate coincides with a wider drop statewide. New York s overall rate stood at 1.22 percent the lowest level since Oct. 22, according to the governor s office.
The seven-day average rate dipped Saturday to just 1.47%, the lowest since last Oct. 28 and the one-day rate was just 1.26%, signaling it is still declining.