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New York City is ‘on the edge of a precipice’ as coronavirus cases grow

Coronavirus infection rates in the New York City area continue to soar far above other parts of the state just days after it reopened indoor dining spaces and returned more students to classrooms for in-person learning. New York is responding to growing clusters of coronavirus cases in 20 “hotspot” ZIP codes that are reporting positivity rates as high as 18%.

Many of the reported clusters are in codes that “overlap” with large Orthodox Jewish communities.