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. According to revised numbers the city released on Wednesday, the last time New York City recorded more than 300 cases was on June 23.

Source: New York Times July 01, 2020 09:00 UTC