YONKERS - Six people in New York's fourth largest city have tested positive for coronavirus and more residents are expected to come down with the virus, officials said Thursday.

Six of the more than 100 cases of coronavirus in Westchester have been Yonkers residents. City officials said they were not told what part of town that the people lived in.

“The Westchester Department of Health recently notified us that Yonkers currently has six confirmed cases of the coronavirus, none of which are directly linked to our schools,” said Mayor Mike Spano.

There have been 128 confirmed coronavirus cases as of Wednesday afternoon in the county, with a good deal of them in New Rochelle. That city has called for prolonged school closures. The National Guard has also arrived in the area to help residents within the containment area, a circle with a one-mile radius around the epicenter of New York's coronavirus outbreak.

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Possible long-term school closings

Despite none of the cases being linked to city schools, they will be closed Friday for a Superintendent’s Conference Day, so that the district can prepare for possible "prolonged school closings."

School is expected to be opened for students on Monday. However, that may change if a student or staff member attended school and tested positive for the virus.

If that were to happen, the school would be required to close for 24 hours.

"We will be closed tomorrow for the purpose of additional cleaning for our schools, and most importantly to prepare additional materials, so that our students will not miss an instruction," Schools Superintendent Edwin Quezada said.

Quezada added that the prolonged closing of Yonkers Public Schools will "disrupt the entire city," and that the district needs to prepare. On Thursday, the district's attendance rate dropped to 83%, a 10 percentage point drop.

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For Friday, teachers and administrators will be required to develop school-based instructional continuity plans that will offer opportunities for educational continuity that can be accomplished at home. The instructional materials may be available through virtually and through homework packets.

With more than 70% of children in Yonkers being food insecure, the city's prolonged closure plans will also include sites to provide meals.

Currently, the district has enough supplies to provide about 3,000 lunches and breakfasts to students. The district is working with its vendors to provide meals for more students.

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To slow the virus, Spano said that the city is canceling all non-essential programs, including the Nepperhan Community Center and E.J. Murray’s Skating Rink. Those areas will be closed until March 27, when city officials will reassess the outlook of the virus.

However, all Office for the Aging nutritional programs for seniors will remain operational.

The City Council will also continue to meet, but all committee meetings will be canceled until further notice, official said.

“I want to reassure our residents that the administration and schools are in constant communication with the state and county health departments and we are assessing the needs of our residents on a continual basis," Spano said.

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