De Blasio: Large Gatherings May Not Return This Summer

For New Yorkers, or tourists, optimistic for something of a return to normalcy when warmer weather arrives, Mayor Bill de Blasio warned he does not have good news.

Large gatherings might not return to New York City this summer at all, the mayor said in a conference call with reporters, the New York Post reported Tuesday.

De Blasio said the number of patients in intensive care units in the city rose from 835 on Saturday to 850 on Sunday and the percentage of people testing positive for COVID-19 went up from 58.1% Saturday to 59.1% Sunday.

At the same time, number of admitted for suspected coronavirus decreased from 383 Saturday to 326 Sunday, he said.

"We had a really good day [Monday]," de Blasio said, adding, "Today no such luck. . . . There's going to be good days and bad days."

De Blasio said New Yorkers should not get discouraged, and they would "fight our way out of this."

However, he said, "we're not confident about June, we're not confident about July, and we're not confident about August that we could have people gathering together again in large numbers."

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