COVID-19 | Statistics and Maps

2020 - 2021

By Annie Zhang & Oliver Ma

 
 

Timeline

The diagram below shows the overall trends of tests, confirmed cases, hospitalization, and deaths in New York City during March 2020 - May 2021. The important events are noted by the dark red dots on the graph respectively. Due to delays in reporting, which can take as long as a week, recent data are incomplete.

 

Case Counts by Boroughs

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Distribution Map

 
 

NYS County Trends

This map shows the cumulative distribution of counties of New York State. Drag the slider to view the distributive trends of each county. The data of confirmed cases and deaths are shown separately on the map through the top-left selection bar. Confirmed cases and tests, which are widely considered to be an undercount of the true toll, are counts of individuals whose coronavirus infections were confirmed by a molecular laboratory test. The number counts individuals who meet criteria for other types of testing, symptoms, and exposure, as developed by national and local governments.

 
 

NYC Totals

This map shows the cumulative totals by zip codes of New York City. The data of confirmed cases and deaths are shown separately on the map through the top-left selection bar. These data show the percent of people given a molecular test who tested positive, and death, if toggled, by ZIP code, for the most recent seven days of available data. The borough comparison charts include data by ZIP code from the past three months. The data also show the rate of people given a molecular test during the most recent seven days.

 
 
 
 

NYC Monthly Trends

This map shows the monthly distribution by zip codes of New York City. Drag the slider to view the data of each month. This map shows COVID-19 hospitalizations from March 2020 to May 2021. Severe cases are currently hovering at all-time lows, though hospitalization rates are slightly higher in parts of the city where fewer people are vaccinated. Most of New York City’s data is released on a seven-day lag. Data for the most recent days are typically provisional. The department revises the data for older dates as new tallies arrive, so numbers for each date may change slightly over time.

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Summary in Queens, NY

Confirmed Cases / Case Rate

Rent vs. Owned

Average Household Size - Rent

Average Household Size - Owned

 
Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, circa 1975 | Photo by Edmund Vincent Gillon, via the Collections of the Museum of the City of New York

Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, circa 1975 | Photo by Edmund Vincent Gillon,
via the Collections of the Museum of the City of New York

Typical Layout of a Townhouse

Typical Layout of a Townhouse

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What would it be like in ten years?

 

Single-Family Solution

 
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Guidance on
Appropriate Space to Quarantine

  • Separate eating and bathroom facilities and avoid the common area, if possible

  • Adequately ventilated, at least one window

  • Equipped with personal cleaning supplies

  • Individuals should have a dedicated entrance or passageway

For single-family townhouse

  • Movable partitions next to the staircase

  • Adding an extra bathroom on the 3rd floor

  • Adding an extra laundry room on the 1st floor to avoid cross-infection

  • The living room on the 2nd floor can be transformed into a separate quarantined unit

Source: https://www.joinbuiltforzero.org/covid19-resources/establishing-spaces-and-staffing-for-isolation-in-non-congregate-settings/

 

2-Unit Solution

 
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Guidance on
Appropriate Space to Quarantine

  • Separate eating and bathroom facilities and avoid the common area, if possible

  • Adequately ventilated, at least one window

  • Equipped with personal cleaning supplies

  • Individuals should have a dedicated entrance or passageway

For Multi-unit Townhouse

  • An extra staircase on the exterior (quarantine use only)

  • Movable partitions to separate bedrooms and bathrooms on each floor

Source: https://www.joinbuiltforzero.org/covid19-resources/establishing-spaces-and-staffing-for-isolation-in-non-congregate-settings/

 

Residing in a Revised Townhouse During
the Coronavirus Pandemic…

Residing in a community requires balancing an owner's rights with the overall community. The individual rights of owners to use their property as they please must be weighed with the rights of others. Privacy, lack of communal neighbors, and lack of communal workers all make owning a townhouse more beneficial when compared with a condo. Not having the ability to use building facilities, bacteria in elevators, and shared HVAC that can potentially spread the COVID-19 virus does not exist in townhouses or brownstones. In New York City, a lot of living situations are multi-generational and equate to congested homes and buildings, many residents are fighting with how to quarantine and keep household members safe in conditions that are not conducive to either.

Source: https://urbanomnibus.net/2015/10/all-the-queens-houses/

Even though many overcrowding issues happened in townhouses, the benefits of residing in townhouses would likely be maximized after redesigning them. Most of the problems encountered by a condo owner will not exist in a revised townhouse. Individual entrance and circulation allow for plenty of privacy and lack of communal neighbors, and no more shared facilities are in the townhouse including elevators and HVAC systems which could potentially spread the virus.