NYC adds testing; no decision on Times Square New Year's Eve

NEW YORK (AP) — With COVID-19 cases spiking in New York City, city officials said Wednesday they’re opening more testing sites and restricting visiting at city-run hospitals and jails.

At the same time, Mayor Bill de Blasio said no decision had been made to ban people from the annual New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square — even as Fox said it was canceling its live broadcast.

There were more than 13,700 positive tests in the city on Monday, a massive surge from just a week before, when the city was averaging fewer than 3,600 new cases of COVID-19.

De Blasio said the city was opening seven additional testing sites on Wednesday, increasing its total to 119, and will set up five distribution sites Thursday to hand out at-home rapid tests.

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