In the absence of instructions from the federal government, the restrictions were decreed at the local level, in this case by Governor Andrew Cuomo: bars, restaurants and all places selling alcohol in New York will close today at 10 p.m. He limited to 10 the number of people allowed to meet for private parties. These measures are being taken to fight the second wave of the Covid-19 epidemic which is overwhelming the United States. The number of hospitalized patients is at its highest since the start of the pandemic, at more than 67,000 according to the Covid Tracking Project. The incidence rate soars and joins that currently underway in Europe. The number of positive tests is 100,000 every day. More than 242,400 people have died from the virus, according to a Johns Hopkins University tally.
In New York City, the average seven-day positive test rate was 2.52%, according to Mayor Bill De Blasio. Schools will have to close and switch to distance education if this rate rises to 3%. “This is our LAST chance to stop a second wave,” he warned on November 11 on Twitter. Other cities and states have encouraged their residents to stay at home, except to go to work. Like Chicago, which advised citizens to cancel Thanksgiving festivities (Thursday, November 26), not to receive anyone at home and not to travel.
The northeast of the United States is generally facing signs of an upsurge in the epidemic, which the region, which was hit hard in the spring, had since managed to control. Several states in the Midwestern or West of the country recorded a record number of deaths on Tuesday, such as Alaska, Indiana, Missouri, North Dakota, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
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