NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday that "coronavirus is alive and well" in New York City and that the city is still seeing "many" positive cases even as key indicators like hospitalizations continue their downward trend.

"The coronavirus is alive and well and living in New York City," de Blasio said. "It's quite clear from the numbers."

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"We don't know even the beginning of it because we can't test near the level that we need to," the mayor said a day after he announced a "Test and Trace" program to track people who have the virus and people who had contact with them.

De Blasio said there were 2,519 new cases and 320 new deaths since Wednesday across the five boroughs.

At least 141,754 coronavirus cases have been reported in New York City. There have been 10,290 confirmed deaths from the virus and 5,121 “probable” deaths from the virus, bringing the death toll citywide to 15,411.

The breakdown of cases by borough is:

Bronx: 31,911

Brooklyn 37,564

Manhattan 17,803

Queens 43,824

Staten Island: 10,582

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De Blasio said three key indicators—the number of new COVID-19 admissions, the number of COVID-19 ICU patients and the percentage of New Yorkers testing positive for the virus—continue to move in a positive direction. The number of people hospitalized and the number of critical care patients is decelerating, de Blasio said, but "we need to go farther, because if it were to level off that is not acceptable."

"Plateau is not a good word. Plateau is a dirty word where I come from. Plateau means too many people suffering on a continual basis," he said.

The only key indicator that went in the wrong direction over the past day was people testing positive by public health labs—from 54 percent to 57 percent, he said.

"So this is a good day, not the perfect day that we’re looking for, but it’s a good day," de Blasio said.

The mayor encouraged people to continue practicing social distancing and staying at home so the city can beat back the virus with testing and tracing.

"We have to be able to suppress this disease and contain this disease," de Blasio said.

De Blasio also responded to tweets from President Donald Trump and moves by some states to open up from their coronavirus lockdowns: "You can only be liberated when it’s real and not a lie."

"Any place that attempts to liberate before they have the facts, before they have the truth, they’re actually going to be chaining their people to a painful reality and prolonging this agony," de Blasio said.

At his news briefing Thursday morning, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said 13.9 percent of people randomly tested across New York had COVID-19 antibodies, suggesting 2.7 million people across the state may be infected.

The results are from Phase 1 of the state's new ongoing antibody study, which looks to map out the number of people who have or have had the coronavirus.

Cuomo said the tests of roughly 3,000 New Yorkers were taken over two days at 40 grocery stores and shopping locations in 19 counties across the state.

The study found 13.9 percent of people randomly tested in the state had COVID-19 antibodies.

Cuomo said if the infection rate is 13.9 percent it would mean 2.7 million people were infected statewide. New York state has a population of about 19.4 million.

Cuomo also released some startling results from New York City: 21.2 percent of people randomly tested there had COVID-19 antibodies. With a population of 8.6 million, that would suggest about 1.8 million in the city could be infected.

De Blasio announced Thursday morning that he will surge supplies and staff this week to nursing homes devastated by the coronavirus.

The surge of staff and supplies will add to the city’s existing efforts to support nursing homes fighting the coronavirus crisis.

“Our city’s nursing homes are home to some of those most at risk for COVID-19,” de Blasio said in a statement Thursday. “They need our support more than ever, which is why we are stepping in and sending more staff and support to assist those who protect and care for our most vulnerable.”

The city has sent nearly 10 million pieces of PPE in weekly distributions to all 169 nursing homes, according to the mayor’s office. Among the supplies are N95 masks, surgical masks, gowns, eye protection and gloves.

The mayor office said it will increase weekly shipment by at least 50 percent. That’s on top of the more than 40,000 N95s, 800,000 surgical face masks, 40,000 face shields, 1.5 million gloves and 105,000 gowns or coveralls that were sent to nursing homes across the city last week.

The city is also doubling the number of 210 clinical staff volunteers it sent to 40 nursing homes citywide—it will now send over 420 personnel to the nursing homes.

The city is also providing nursing homes with up-to-date guidance on isolation and testing procedures.

Just days ago, Gov. Andrew Cuomo called nursing homes a “feeding frenzy for the virus.” More than 2,700 people in New York nursing homes have lost their lives as of Saturday, more by far than in any other state.

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