NEW YORK, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- New York City's COVID-19 test positivity rate on a seven-day average went down to 8.15 percent, compared with 8.18 percent one day earlier, Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, de Blasio said that there were 196 new hospital admissions and 5,068 new cases of the coronavirus, adding that "We have a lot of work to do as we wait for the vaccine to make an impact. That's how we get through these final months in the fight against COVID-19."
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