Brooklyn leaders hail distribution of 60M at-home Covid tests
NYC is winning fight, but new cases still proliferate
The NYC Test & Treat Corps announced Tuesday that its At-home Test Distribution Program has distributed 62 million free at-home tests to New Yorkers, approximately seven at-home tests for every city resident.
While COVID-19 cases are definitely decreasing here, according to the city Department of Health, the daily average of positive cases during the past seven days is still 2,118, the daily number of COVID-related hospitalizations is 45, and the average number of deaths per day is six.
The program’s network of more than 1,200 distribution partners — which include City libraries, NYC Parks facilities, cultural institutions and community- and faith-based organizations — have established distribution sites in 88 percent of New York City Zip codes.
“The city’s unparalleled at-home test distribution effort has brought self-testing to community hubs far and wide and hundreds of organizations representing the tremendous diversity of our languages, ethnicities and faiths,” said Mayor Eric Adams.