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As November is getting sooner, the weather is getting colder. (Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)The threshold daily number of people admitted to NYC hospitals for a suspected COVID-19 is 200 patients. Today’s report is 60 patients. We are close to the threshold for the seven-day average for
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The MTA Mask Force handing out masks. (Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit)NEW YORK – The MTA has begun a voluntary COVID-19 screening program for frontline employees, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced this morning. Under this new initiative, free COVID -19 testing will be offered at rotating field
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Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.The threshold for the daily number of people admitted to NYC hospitals for suspected COVID-19 is 200 patients. Today’s report from Mayor Bill de Blasio shows 62 patients with a confirmed positivity rate of 19.7%. The threshold for reported cases on a
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MTA distributes pink masks for Breast Cancer Awareness month. (Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit)Worried about a second wave of the coronavirus? Well, Mayor de Blasio assured New Yorkers yesterday that it won’t happen. [/todays-covid-19-updates-from-the-mayor/]“The numbers suggest we are stopping a second wave,” he
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The citywide daily number of people admitted to NYC hospitals for suspected COVID-19 threshold is 200 patients; today’s report is 76 patients with a confirmed positivity level of 16.4% for the coronavirus. The number of newly reported cases on a seven-day average threshold is 550 cases; today’s
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Kensington on a cold, cloudy day. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BROOKLYN – Coronavirus cases are rising again! There are 520 new reported COVID-19 cases across the city on a seven-day average. Today, 59 COVID-19 patients were hospitalized. 1.9% of all tested, tested positive citywide, we’ll try to update on
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As COVID-19 rates continue to hover above 5% in hotspot areas throughout New York, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that all nonessential businesses in red zones will close for 14 days, starting Oct. 8, with schools remaining closed until at least Oct. 21. In yesterday’s press conference, Mayor de
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Ocean Parkway (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)We are already a week into October! We wish we had some good news, but coronavirus cases are rising again. Some neighborhoods in “red zones” in certain zip codes are starting to be shut down. [/latest-on-southern-brooklyns-covid-cluster-return-to-lockdown/]Our editor and publisher Liena Zagare wrote an
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Don’t forget to fill out your census! (Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)BROOKLYN – It’s finally Friday! There’s a lot that has happened this week, including rising COVID-19 numbers in our borough. Yes, you read that right—the pandemic has not ended. Please keep wearing your masks
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Mayor Bill de Blasio visits the Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island to pack food packages for senior citizens ahead of Rosh Hashanah, on Tuesday, September 15, 2020. (Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)BROOKLYN – It’s Thursday and so much is happening across our borough. Don’t forget
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A litter basket in Ditmas Park. (Photo: Liena Zagare/Bklyner)BROOKLYN – Garbage has been top of mind for quite a few neighborhoods, especially those in less well-heeled areas, but also worrying some CEOs who penned an open letter to the Mayor last week [https://gothamist.com/news/tired-feeling-powerless-ceos-pen-letter-de-blasio-about-quality-life-issues] . Either way,
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Late summer fruit in Midwood. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)Happy Monday! Today is the last day of August. Labor Day is next week. Schools are getting ready to open on September 10. * Concern and frustration over lack of detail on school reopening worry Southern Brooklyn parents and educators, we reported.