From that same article: [
www.nytimes.com]
On May 27, the day before the protests began in New York City, some 754 Covid-19 cases were diagnosed, according to the city’s Department of Health. That was the last time the city recorded more than 700 cases on a single day.
By the end of the first week of protests, the city was recording slightly more than 500 cases a day. By the end of the second week of protests, the case counts were in the low 400s or high 300s a day. They’ve continued to drop slightly. According to revised numbers the city released on Wednesday, the last time New York City recorded more than 300 cases was on June 23.
Another potential factor: Demonstrators were often on the move, marching at a brisk pace. That may have promoted dilution and also spaced people out from each other
And this can't be overstated, also from that article: "Most protesters wore masks."
From this site: [
forward.ny.gov] Yesterday there were 31,303 COVID tests done in New York City & 1.5% were positive. The protests started 37 days ago yet the percentage of positive tests has not gone up. It might take a couple weeks for hospitalizations to show an increase but the percentage of positive cases is the proverbial canary in a coal mine.
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