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A small suburban city just outside of New York has been declared a containment zone because it has the largest single cluster of infections anywhere in the US.
Westchester County, where New Rochelle is located, had 108 COVID-19 cases out of the 173 confirmed infections across the state of New York. As a result of the high level of infection the Cirty will be quarantined. The National Guard will be sent in to all schools to do a deep clean.
Schools, Houses of Worship and Other Large Gathering Facilities to Be Temporarily Closed for Two-Week Period in Highest Impacted Area of New Rochelle from March 12-25.
Governor Cuomo announced the State will partner with Northwell Health to set up a satellite testing facility in New Rochelle. Visits would operate by appointment only. More information will be posted soon on the State Department of Health website.
"The largest cluster of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country is located in New Rochelle, and as the numbers continue to go up we need a special public health strategy to contain it," Governor Cuomo said. "We are moving from containment to mitigation, and because much of the transmission of this disease tends to happen on a geographic basis, we are attacking this hotspot at the source. As the number of positive cases rises, I am urging all New Yorkers to remember the bottom line: we talk about all this stuff to keep the public informed — not to incite fear — and if you are not a member of the vulnerable population then there is no reason for excess anxiety."
The containment area is a one-mile radius centered around a synagogue in New Rochelle believed to connect many of the cases in the cluster, officials said.
Of the 173 total individuals who tested positive for the virus in the State of New York, the geographic breakdown is as follows:
Westchester: 108 (10 new)
New York City: 36 (17 new)
Nassau: 19 (2 new)
Rockland: 6 (2 new)
Saratoga: 2
Suffolk: 1
Ulster: 1
Importantly the Governor stated he would be guided by the experts and science.