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The number in NYC is 50%+ positive rate, whilst in the entire NY state is 40% positive rate.
For comparsion, at the height of outbreak, Hubei, the epicenter in China, has a positive test rate of only 6%.
And most importantly, in NYC, they still use less reliable and cheap test kits for coronavirus test, there are typically 30% to 70% false-negative rates among these test kits, that's why to clear one case, they need to conduct multiple tests.
Whilst in Hubei, China used the far more accurate test by AI algorithms and CT image, which can do a test in a matter of mins with 96% accuracy.
Which suggests, 40% positive rate of NY state could be actually 60%-70%+ positive rate, comparing to 6% in Hubei at the height of the outbreak.
So basically the case in NYC is out of control, the test is far far away from accurate and sufficient, it will grow at exponential rate for a long time until everyone there get the virus
The America need to shutdown NYC completely from the outside world indefinitely right now to save the rest country from a total collapse if it is still possible.
That's why even the most optimistic scholar like Dr. Zhong Nanshan (chief doctor of CDC China) now believe the US is beyond help.