Contract Tracing

At least three clusters of positive coronavirus cases in New York have health officials watching the state’s infection rate carefully as states like Florida, Arizona and Texas struggle to get recent spikes under control. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the State Department of Health is investigating a possible outbreak tied to a high school graduation ceremony in Westchester...

New York City’s effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus through contact tracing has been hampered by the reluctance of many people who are infected with the virus to provide information to tracers, according to a report in The New York Times. The Times report said just 35% of the 5,347 city residents who tested positive or were presumed...

New York City will move to Phase II Monday; up to 300,000 more people are expected to return to work. Gaby Acevedo reports.