UWS ZIP Code Has 4th-Lowest Coronavirus Rate In New York City

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — While coronavirus rates are rising across New York City, the positivity rate in one Upper West Side ZIP code is the fourth lowest in all five boroughs.

The data, which shows COVID-19 testing results for every New York City ZIP code between Dec. 1 and Dec. 7, shows that the positivity rates in all four ZIP codes that make up the Upper West Side are among the lowest in the city.

Specifically, the 10024 ZIP code has a positivity rate of 1.36 percent, making it the fourth-lowest rate in New York City. Only two small ZIP codes in Lower Manhattan and one Upper East Side ZIP code have lower rates.

Here is the coronavirus data for the four Upper West Side ZIP codes from Dec. 1 to 7:

• 10069 — Lower West End/Riverside: 388 people tested, eight new cases, 2.56 percent positivity.
• 10023 — Lincoln Square: 3,137 people tested, 46 new cases, 1.47 percent positivity.
• 10024 — Upper West Side: 3,161 people tested, 43 new cases, 1.36 percent positivity.
• 10025 — Manhattan Valley/Morningside Heights/UWS: 5,431 people tested, 101 new cases, 1.81 percent positivity.

The 10069 ZIP code, which goes from West 59th Street to 72nd Street, from the west side of West End Avenue through Riverside Boulevard, has consistently registered the highest rates on the Upper West Side.

At a point near the end of October and beginning of November, that ZIP code had the highest rate in all of Manhattan at 3.15 percent.

While the rates are undoubtedly low throughout the Upper West Side, the numbers have gone up in two of the UWS Zip codes.

Compared to the rates in the same ZIP codes from Nov. 7 through Nov. 13, the 10025 ZIP code has risen from 1.16 percent to 1.86 percent, 10023 has risen from 1.05 percent to 1.47 percent, and 10024 has remained exactly the same at 1.36 percent.

10069 has fallen from 2.57 percent to 2.06 percent.

Mayor Bill de Blasio recently warned that it is only a "matter of days" before new restrictions are imposed on the city to help curb the spread of the virus.

The city's overall seven-day percent positivity rate reached 4.94 percent on Tuesday, with 2,624 confirmed and probable COVID-19 virus cases, according to de Blasio.