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Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade To Return 'Live' This Year
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade is returning to the streets of New York City for its 95th celebration after being curtailed last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Macy's made the announcement on Wednesday, Sept. 8, saying the parade will be delight crowds once again on Thursday, Nov. 25 beginning at 9 a.m.
This year's parade will feature the signature mix of giant character helium balloons, fantastic floats, marching bands, performance groups, celebrities, clowns, and the one-and-only Santa Claus, Macy's said.
“We are thrilled to welcome back in its full form the Macy’s Thanksgiving D…
Covid-19: US Tops 15M Cases, But Here's How Many Times Higher Actual Number Likely Is, CDC Says
The United States continues to set records as new COVID-19 are mounting over the fall, though the numbers reported may not truly represent the actual number of infections, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
As the country tops 15.5 million COVID-19 cases, the most in the world, the CDC is estimating that the actual number could be between two and seven times between that, based on surveys and models.
Between Feb. 27 and Sept. 30, there were nearly 7 million laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 infections, but when adjusted for potential false-negative test results, incomp…
Covid-19: Here's Seven-Day Positivity Rate For Testing In Nassau, Suffolk Counties
Amid concerns of a post-Thanksgiving rise of COVID-19 infections, Long Island saw new increases in both COVID-19 cases and the positive rate for testing in data released on Friday, Nov. 27.
Statewide, the positive testing rate in all focus areas under New York's Micro-Cluster strategy is 5.69 percent, and outside the focus zone areas is 3.13 percent.
Within the focus areas, 50,972 test results were reported Thursday, Nov. 26, yielding 2,901 positives. In the remainder of the state, not counting these focus areas, 168,470 test results were reported, yielding 5,275 positives.
The most recent…