NYC’s COVID infection rate dips below 5% for the first time since November

New York City’s COVID-19 positivity rate has dropped below 5 percent for the first time in nearly five months.

The latest city data shows that the Big Apple had a 4.91 percent infection rate on a seven-day rolling average as of Friday, Mayor Bill de Blasio said during a City Hall press briefing Monday. “This is the number we’ve watched the most,” de Blasio said. “On a seven-day rolling average — this number now coming down again.”