New York's leaders are cautiously optimistic about the effectiveness of social distancing.
A man wearing a surgical mask reads the newspaper on the sidewalk late last month in New York City. The city's leaders said Thursday that social distancing is still necessary.Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images
Governor Andrew Cuomo, speaking in Albany, pointed to lowering rates in the state of hospitalizations, intubations and people admitted to ICUs, telling reporters,"Our efforts are working. They're working better than anyone projected they would work. That's because people are complying with them." New York City mayor Bill de Blasio was also cautiously optimistic. He said the city was still in what he called the first phase of the disease which includes widespread transmission and new cases that are so regular they can't be traced to an initial source.
The mayor also said that starting on Monday the New York City Department of Health would begin releasing three daily statistics to the public:The percentage of people who tested positive for COVID-19.
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