4 Coronavirus Clusters Now Cover 11 NYC Zip Codes, Officials Say

NEW YORK CITY — Eleven ZIP codes across Brooklyn and Queens now have coronavirus positive rates above 3 percent, health officials said.

Those "areas of concern" account for about 30 percent of all COVID-19 cases in New York City, according to health department release.

The clusters center in four areas — southern Brooklyn, Williamsburg, central Queens and Far Rockaway — where cases are outpacing the citywide average by 3.4 times over the past 14 days, officials said. Together, their positive rate is 6.43 percent over the past seven days.

Mayor Bill de Blasio, speaking on WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show on Friday, noted the city's rate without those 11 ZIP codes stands at 1.08 percent. The city's overall positive rate is 1.52 percent.

"These 11 neighborhoods we need to throw in everything we got,” de Blasio said.

The Edgemere/Far Rockaway cluster is 4.17 times the citywide rate. The 11691 ZIP code stands at 4.80 positive rate, according to data.

• 11235 — 3.40 percent
• 11223 — 7.16 percent
• 11230 — 5.89 percent
• 11219 — 7.09 percent
• 11204 — 6.69 percent
• 11229 — 3.99 percent
• 11210 — 4.91 percent

The central Queens cluster stands at 1.66 times the citywide coronavirus positive rate, according to data. It covers the ZIP codes of 11374, 11415 and 11367, which have respective positive rates of 3.18, 4.17 and 3.60 percent each.

Another cluster in Williamsburg has a coronavirus positivity rate 3.11 times the citywide average, according to data. It covers the 11205, 11211 and 11249 ZIP codes.

The health department also issued a Commissioner's Order that gives city agencies the power to close businesses in those neighborhoods for repeat non-compliance with coronavirus safety measures, according to a release.