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COVID-19 Digest: September 11

COVID-19 Digest: September 11

September 11, 2020 • Estimated Reading Time: 8 minutes

COVID-19 Digest

Friday, September 11, 2020As NYC’s reopening and recovery efforts continue, the digest will focus on the resources that help you make decisions about your businesses and your lives as New Yorkers.Below and in our resource guide, you’ll find the latest information on government resources for businesses, city and state reopening measures, and return-to-office preparedness plans. If this can be useful to your colleagues and network, encourage them to sign up here.

The Latest in New York

The latest: 9/11 Tribute of Light joins the NYC skyline tonight, museum reopens to the public tomorrow; coronavirus fatigue is beginning to set in; New York Fashion Week returns, but online; Citi eyeing more office returns next month.Confirmed Cases:

New York State: 442,791 (+880)
New York City: 237,252 (+269)
Statewide Fatalities: 25,3382 (+5)
Daily NYC Infection Rate: 0.7 percent (-0.3 percent)

General Updates:

NYC is marking the 19th anniversary of 9/11 during another time of harrowing loss. (New York Times) Be sure to look out your window towards downtown Manhattan tonight — the 9/11 Tribute of Light will go on as planned. (Gothamist) Ahead of next year’s 20th anniversary, some are even pushing for it to become a permanent installation. (New York Daily News)
Western Europe has surpassed the US in new daily COVID-19 infections, reemerging as a global hotspot after largely containing the virus early this summer. (Bloomberg)
Over two million New Yorkers will receive a new $300 weekly federal unemployment benefit beginning next week, after the state was granted approval to begin distributing the new benefit by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). (Times Union)
Coronavirus fatigue is real. Six months into the pandemic, online engagement around virus stories has dropped off markedly. (Axios) Interactions (likes, comments, shares) on COVID stories have fallen 88 percent since March, 63 percent from July, and 36 percent even from August.

One good read: the vice chair of the 9/11 Memorial Museum on a city that remains alive and kicking (New York Daily News)

Survey

The latest results: The inventory of empty apartment units in Manhattan rose to 15,000 last month, as apartment rentals and sales on single-family homes in the suburbs have reportedly spiked since the pandemic began. How do you fit into this COVID-era trend?

10.4%: I’ve changed my primary residence, but stayed in the same city or town
12.6%: I’ve changed my primary residence and moved out of my city or town
76.9%: I have the same primary residence as before the pandemic

Today’s poll: Yesterday, sports fans reveled in a rare event: a sports equinox where all major leagues and then some hosted games on the same day. For the first time in history, this equinox featured games from 10 sports leagues: NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, WNBA, MLS, PGA, US Open, and NCAA football. Sport venues still can’t permit in-person spectators, but did you tune in to watch any games?

*|SURVEY: Yes, I watched at least parts of multiple games or matches |*
*|SURVEY: Yes, I watched one game or match|*
*|SURVEY: No, I didn’t watch any sports|*
*|SURVEY: Sports? What are sports?|*

Find the poll results from all previous editions of this newsletter here.

What You Need to Know

What to Know: Reopening:

Today the 9/11 Museum reopens to 9/11 family members and will reopen to the public tomorrow. (NY1) The museum joins the Memorial grounds, which reopened in July.
Sixteen NYC teachers who were tested for COVID-19 ahead of their return to classrooms this week have tested positive. (New York Daily News) It isn’t immediately clear if any of them received their results early enough to stay at home and avoid potentially exposing others in their school buildings.
New York Fashion Week returns this weekend, with mostly online runway shows and some small, socially distanced audiences. (Reuters) Here’s more on what to expect for this season. (Vogue)