1,000 new NY cases

1st time since June

New York surpassed 1,000 daily coronavirus cases for the first time since early June — an increase partially tied to the Hudson Valley and Brooklyn, officials said.

The concerning state figure comes as city officials, struggling to contain COVID-19 clusters in some spots, announced an uptick in virus cases in four new communities.

There were 1,005 positive results Friday, or 1 percent of the 99,953 tested, Gov. Cuomo’s office said Saturday. The last time the daily case count was that high was June 5 when 1,108 people tested positive.

There were 429 new cases in New York City, where 1.1 percent of the results came back positive.

Four people died from COVID-19 statewide Friday. A total of 527 people were hospitalized.

The Governor’s Office linked the jump in cases to increased testing. In June, there were about 65,000 daily tests.

Coronavirus hot spots have been identified in several Brooklyn neighborhoods, including Midwood, Borough Park and Williamsburg, which serve as hubs of the Orthodox Jewish community.

The city said it would increase Health Department inspections in those areas to ensure mask compliance and social distancing.

Gareth Rhodes, a member of the state’s coronavirus task force, tweeted that new COVID-19 hospital admissions were coming from “select ZIPs in the lower Hudson Valley & Brooklyn.”

City officials Saturday released new data on positive test results in “areas of concern” in Brooklyn and Queens, including Gravesend/Homecrest, Midwood, Kew Gardens and Borough Park.

In addition, the DOH said four new ZIP codes — Rego Park, Kew Gardens Hills/Pomonok, Kensington/Windsor Terrace and Brighton Beach/Manhattan Beach/ Sheepshead Bay — have now seen an increase in cases.

“These areas account for over 23 percent of new cases citywide over the past two weeks despite representing just under 7 percent of the city’s overall population,” the department said.

The news comes as a new study revealed about a third of New Yorkers and less than a tenth of American adults were exposed to the virus by the end of July.

That level is far from the “herd immunity” many are hoping will help end restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of the virus.