“It is important to recognize that although we have made progress in reducing the impact of COVID-19 over 13 months, there were 41,000 new cases diagnosed on June 1,” said Giambrone. “On May 9, one million COVID-19 tests were administered with the national positive rate below 5 percent. Although regional ‘hot-spots’ persist. Notwithstanding progress in control, there are still 39,000 people in hospitals being treated for acute COVID-19 and 667 people died on May 9.”
