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A screaming, unmasked heckler interrupted the start — and later additional parts — of a briefing by health officials in Brooklyn Friday as they provided an update on emerging COVID clusters there and in Queens that have become so severe they may prompt the first new shutdowns in New York City in months.

UPDATE: NYC Doubles Down on Shutdown Plan, Adds 13th ZIP Code to Watchlist as Daily COVID Case Average Tops 500 About 300 public and private schools in nine New York City hotspot ZIP codes, all in Brooklyn and Queens, will switch to all-remote learning Tuesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday, taking a more immediate approach to curb the city’s biggest…

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he’s ordering schools in certain New York City neighborhoods closed Tuesday in an attempt to halt a flare-up of the coronavirus. NBC New York’s Katherine Creag reports.

Andrew Siff reports on the latest in the battle to stop the coronavirus in New York City.

NBC New York’s Katherine Creag reports.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo threatened to impose fines on local governments over lacking compliance Friday, saying New York’s hotspots are a “significant problem” and a product of failed enforcement of COVID safety protocols and regulations. “The numbers are continuing to go up in many of these ZIP codes,” Cuomo said on a telebriefing with reporters shortly after New York City...

UPDATE: ‘Significant Problem’ – Cuomo Threatens to Fine Local Governments Over Hotspots as Numbers Rise, NYC Reports Highest New Cases in Month-Plus Twenty-one ZIP codes considered to be “areas of concern” in New York state given alarming increases in COVID cases now are averaging a 6.5 percent positivity rate, a full percentage point increase overnight, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday….

New York City health officials added yet another ZIP code to the burgeoning cluster situation in Brooklyn and Queens late Thursday, bringing its current number of hotspot ZIP codes to 11 and identifying four separate clusters. Katherine Creag reports.

New York City businesses that have repeatedly failed to comply with public health measures could be forced to shut down as officials continue to try to stop the alarming growth of COVID-19 cases in nearly a dozen neighborhoods. NBC New York’s Katherine Creag reports.

Positivity rates are rising as more kids begin in-person learning, as officials deploy more testing and community groups pitch help distribute free masks. News 4 reporters Rana Novini, Myles Miller and Brian Thompson report.

Team coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.

NBC New York’s Katherine Creag reports.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued his harshest rebuke yet of local governments in New York City, Rockland County and Orange County Wednesday, blaming their “incompetence” for burgeoning COVID clusters and warning, “Either you do the job or people will die.” “We know how to contain the infection rate. We’re just not doing it with these clusters,” the governor said in...

NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports.

Andrew Siff reports on the latest in the fight against COVID-19.

BREAKING UPDATE: Cuomo to Local Gov’ts as New York Clusters Worsen: ‘Either You Do the Job or People Will Die’ Alarmed by soaring infection rates in nearly a dozen New York ZIP codes, Gov. Andrew Cuomo felt compelled to hold a second conference call in two hours Monday to discuss the clusters and warned drastic measures may come next....

New York City COVID hospital admissions (87) and seven-day average daily cases (354) both hit September highs Wednesday, according to data Mayor Bill de Blasio revealed at his daily briefing. The daily positivity rate fell below 1 percent after topping 3 percent Tuesday for the first time in months, though the seven-day rolling positivity rate, which represents a fuller picture,...

NBC New York’s Katherine Creag and Tracie Strahan report.

The overall number of COVID-19 hospitalizations in New York City is ticking up, as officials fight to combat soaring infection rates in certain neighborhoods in recent weeks that threaten to evolve into more widespread transmission. Outbreaks in Rockland and Orange counties are also fueling heightened concern — to a degree Gov. Andrew Cuomo said makes it the “largest cluster” the…

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