Upper West Side Coronavirus Rates Plummet Toward Zero: Data

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — Coronavirus rates on the Upper West Side are at the lowest points since the city began releasing test data, continuing an encouraging trend that has coincided with the vaccine rollout.

From June 6 to 12, the percentage of COVID-19 tests that came back positive within the Upper West Side's three ZIP codes was just 0.19 percent.

For that week ending on Saturday, the positivity rates across the neighborhood ranged from 0.17 percent to 0.23 percent. For comparison, on Jan. 6, 2021 — all three of those Upper West Side ZIP codes had COVID-19 weekly rates of over 3 percent.

Here's the full breakdown for the most recent seven-day average numbers for the 10023, 10024, and 10025 ZIP codes.

10025: Manhattan Valley/Morningside Heights/Upper West Side

• 7-Day Percent Positive: 0.23 percent
• New People Reported Positive: 7
• Total People Tested: 2,980

10024: Upper West Side

• 7-Day Percent Positive: 0.19 percent
• New People Reported Positive: 3
• Total People Tested: 1,599

10023: Lincoln Square

• 7-Day Percent Positive: 0.17 percent
• New People Reported Positive: 3
• Total People Tested: 1,757

The positive rates are some of the lowest in New York City.

The first shot vaccination rate in the three Upper West Side ZIP codes also recently passed the 70 percent mark, according to city data.

The neighborhood with the highest COVID-19 positivity rate as of Wednesday was Hunts Point in the Bronx, where 2.7 percent of tests came back positive last week — still just a fraction of the sky-high numbers recorded during last winter's post-holiday surge.

Patch reporter Nick Garber contributed to this report.