Mayor says NYC can perform 50,000 coronavirus tests daily New York City officials say the city has reached its goal of performing 50,000 coronavirus tests a day, and its contact tracing effort has potentially prevented thousands of new infectionsNEW YORK -- New York City has reached its goal of performing 50,000 coronavirus tests a day, and its contact tracing effort has potentially prevented thousands of new infections, officials said Thursday. Mayor Bill de Blasio said four new clinics operated by the urgent care company MedRite will bring the total citywide daily testing capacity to 50,000. Some models suggest that each person who is infected with the coronavirus can infect an average of 2.5 other people, Long said. Cuomo’s administration says 25,081 people with COVID-19 have now died in nursing homes and hospitals in New York. That figure doesn’t include people who died at home or people who likely had COVID-19, including over 4,600 presumed deaths in New York City alone.

Source: ABC News July 23, 2020 16:01 UTC