New York City planning 'huge' concert as COVID-19 cases continue to drop

New York City is planning to give its people a massive party this summer to celebrate the drop in COVID-19 cases.

More than a year after COVID-19 ravaged the Big Apple, New Yorkers will be treated to a major celebratory bash. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced during his daily news briefing Monday that a special outdoor concert will take place in Central Park in August to celebrate the summer and the drop in coronavirus cases. As of Monday, the city's positivity rate was 0.71%, and the seven-day average of new daily cases reported was 215, according to the city's health department. This is a far cry from two months ago, before vaccines were opened up to all New Yorkers over 18, when the positivity rate was over 50% and the seven-day average of new daily cases was around 4,000. In the spring of 2020, the city was averaging tens of thousands of cases a day.