When it comes to assessing COVID-19 rates in NYC, it’s important to look at the daily number of new confirmed cases, which is a glimpse into what’s been happening with transmission rates in the past couple of weeks.

These numbers are a little harder to assess, as delays in reporting means daily tallies can take up to a week to finalize, but the numbers of new cases recorded on May 29, one week ago, was 460, down from the highest daily tally of 6,368 new cases on April 6.

A day of no new COVID-19 deaths in NYC—or any other city—is cause for celebration, and a chance to reflect on the fact that preventive measures really do work.