Last week was significant for New York in its continued fight against COVID-19.
The state’s number of COVID cases dropped by roughly 18% as federal officials eased quarantine and testing guidelines.
While some are concerned about a fall surge of cases, when students head back to school, New York had just 40,023 new cases compared to nearly 49,000 the week before.
New York ranked 25th among states where the virus was spreading most quickly. Across the U.S. case counts increased by about 2%.
CDC officials feel about about where the U.S. is in the fight against COVID because of the tools available, like vaccines.
“We’re in a stronger place today as a nation, with more tools − like vaccination, boosters, and treatments − to protect ourselves, and our communities, from severe illness from COVID-19,” Greta Massetti, who wrote the CDC guidance, said in a statement.
Massetti said despite this the pandemic is not over.
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