Chart description: This visualisation clearly indicates that the number of positive cases increased dramatically in New York from October 2020 to January 2021. It is evident that the cases were slowly raising from May 2020 to November 2020.

Chart data: Year Cumulative number of positive cases Mar 03, 2020 6 Mar 04, 2020 22 Mar 05, 2020 33 Mar 06, 2020 76 Mar 07, 2020 105 Mar 08, 2020 142 Mar 09, 2020 173 Mar 10, 2020 216 Mar 11, 2020 216 Mar 12, 2020 421 Mar 13, 2020 524 Mar 14, 2020 729 Mar 15, 2020 950 Mar 16, 2020 1700 Mar 17, 2020 2382 Mar 18, 2020 4152 Mar 19, 2020 7102 Mar 20, 2020 10356 Mar 21, 2020 15168 Mar 22, 2020 20875 Mar 23, 2020 25665 Mar 24, 2020 30811 Mar 25, 2020 37258 Mar 26, 2020 44635 Mar 27, 2020 52318 Mar 28, 2020 59513 Mar 29, 2020 66497 Mar 30, 2020 75795 Mar 31, 2020 83712 Apr 01, 2020 92381 Apr 02, 2020 102863 Apr 03, 2020 113704 Apr 04, 2020 122031 Apr 05, 2020 130689 Apr 06, 2020 138863 Apr 07, 2020 149316 Apr 08, 2020 159937 Apr 09, 2020 170512 Apr 10, 2020 180458 Apr 11, 2020 188694 Apr 12, 2020 195031 Apr 13, 2020 202208 Apr 14, 2020 213779 Apr 15, 2020 222284 Apr 16, 2020 229642 Apr 17, 2020 236732 Apr 18, 2020 242786 Apr 19, 2020 247512 Apr 20, 2020 251690 Apr 21, 2020 257216 Apr 22, 2020 263460 Apr 23, 2020 271590 Apr 24, 2020 282143 Apr 25, 2020 288045 Apr 26, 2020 291996 Apr 27, 2020 295106 Apr 28, 2020 299691 Apr 29, 2020 304372 Apr 30, 2020 308314 May 01, 2020 312977 May 02, 2020 316415 May 03, 2020 318953 May 04, 2020 321192 May 05, 2020 323978 May 06, 2020 327649 May 07, 2020 330407 May 08, 2020 333122 May 09, 2020 335395 May 10, 2020 337055 May 11, 2020 338485 May 12, 2020 340661 May 13, 2020 343051 May 14, 2020 345813 May 15, 2020 348232 May 16, 2020 350121 May 17, 2020 351371 May 18, 2020 352845 May 19, 2020 354370 May 20, 2020 356458 May 21, 2020 358154 May 22, 2020 359926 May 23, 2020 361515 May 24, 2020 362764 May 25, 2020 363836 May 26, 2020 364965 May 27, 2020 366733 May 28, 2020 368284 May 29, 2020 369660 May 30, 2020 370770 May 31, 2020 371711 Jun 01, 2020 373040 Jun 02, 2020 374085 Jun 03, 2020 375133 Jun 04, 2020 376208 Jun 05, 2020 377316 Jun 06, 2020 378097 Jun 07, 2020 378799 Jun 08, 2020 379482 Jun 09, 2020 380156 Jun 10, 2020 380892 Jun 11, 2020 381714 Jun 12, 2020 382630 Jun 13, 2020 383324 Jun 14, 2020 383944 Jun 15, 2020 384575 Jun 16, 2020 385142 Jun 17, 2020 385760 Jun 18, 2020 386556 Jun 19, 2020 387272 Jun 20, 2020 387936 Jun 21, 2020 388488 Jun 22, 2020 389085 Jun 23, 2020 389666 Jun 24, 2020 390415 Jun 25, 2020 391220 Jun 26, 2020 391923 Jun 27, 2020 392539 Jun 28, 2020 392930 Jun 29, 2020 393454 Jun 30, 2020 394079 Jul 01, 2020 394954 Jul 02, 2020 395872 Jul 03, 2020 396598 Jul 04, 2020 397131 Jul 05, 2020 397649 Jul 06, 2020 398237 Jul 07, 2020 398929 Jul 08, 2020 399513 Jul 09, 2020 400299 Jul 10, 2020 401029 Jul 11, 2020 401706 Jul 12, 2020 402263 Jul 13, 2020 403175 Jul 14, 2020 404006 Jul 15, 2020 404775 Jul 16, 2020 405551 Jul 17, 2020 406305 Jul 18, 2020 406807 Jul 19, 2020 407326 Jul 20, 2020 408181 Jul 21, 2020 408886 Jul 22, 2020 409697 Jul 23, 2020 410450 Jul 24, 2020 411200 Jul 25, 2020 411736 Jul 26, 2020 412344 Jul 27, 2020 412878 Jul 28, 2020 413593 Jul 29, 2020 414370 Jul 30, 2020 415014 Jul 31, 2020 415767 Aug 01, 2020 416298 Aug 02, 2020 416843 Aug 03, 2020 417589 Aug 04, 2020 418225 Aug 05, 2020 418928 Aug 06, 2020 419642 Aug 07, 2020 420345 Aug 08, 2020 420860 Aug 09, 2020 421336 Aug 10, 2020 422003 Aug 11, 2020 422703 Aug 12, 2020 423440 Aug 13, 2020 424167 Aug 14, 2020 424901 Aug 15, 2020 425508 Aug 16, 2020 425916 Aug 17, 2020 426571 Aug 18, 2020 427202 Aug 19, 2020 427803 Aug 20, 2020 428512 Aug 21, 2020 429165 Aug 22, 2020 429737 Aug 23, 2020 430145 Aug 24, 2020 430774 Aug 25, 2020 431340 Aug 26, 2020 432131 Aug 27, 2020 432767 Aug 28, 2020 433402 Aug 29, 2020 434100 Aug 30, 2020 434756 Aug 31, 2020 435510 Sep 01, 2020 436218 Sep 02, 2020 437107 Sep 03, 2020 437971 Sep 04, 2020 438772 Sep 05, 2020 439501 Sep 06, 2020 440021 Sep 07, 2020 440578 Sep 08, 2020 441154 Sep 09, 2020 441911 Sep 10, 2020 442791 Sep 11, 2020 443640 Sep 12, 2020 444365 Sep 13, 2020 444948 Sep 14, 2020 445714 Sep 15, 2020 446366 Sep 16, 2020 447262 Sep 17, 2020 448052 Sep 18, 2020 449038 Sep 19, 2020 449900 Sep 20, 2020 450473 Sep 21, 2020 451227 Sep 22, 2020 451892 Sep 23, 2020 452847 Sep 24, 2020 453755 Sep 25, 2020 454760 Sep 26, 2020 455626 Sep 27, 2020 456460 Sep 28, 2020 457649 Sep 29, 2020 458649 Sep 30, 2020 460031 Oct 01, 2020 461629 Oct 02, 2020 463360 Oct 03, 2020 464582 Oct 04, 2020 465515 Oct 05, 2020 466908 Oct 06, 2020 468268 Oct 07, 2020 470104 Oct 08, 2020 471696 Oct 09, 2020 473143 Oct 10, 2020 474286 Oct 11, 2020 475315 Oct 12, 2020 476708 Oct 13, 2020 477940 Oct 14, 2020 479400 Oct 15, 2020 481107 Oct 16, 2020 482891 Oct 17, 2020 484281 Oct 18, 2020 485279 Oct 19, 2020 486480 Oct 20, 2020 488506 Oct 21, 2020 490134 Oct 22, 2020 491771 Oct 23, 2020 493832 Oct 24, 2020 495464 Oct 25, 2020 496655 Oct 26, 2020 498646 Oct 27, 2020 500677 Oct 28, 2020 503176 Oct 29, 2020 505431 Oct 30, 2020 507480 Oct 31, 2020 509735 Nov 01, 2020 511368 Nov 02, 2020 513689 Nov 03, 2020 515815 Nov 04, 2020 518812 Nov 05, 2020 522021 Nov 06, 2020 525608 Nov 07, 2020 529036 Nov 08, 2020 532180 Nov 09, 2020 536145 Nov 10, 2020 540965 Nov 11, 2020 545762 Nov 12, 2020 551163 Nov 13, 2020 556551 Nov 14, 2020 560200 Nov 15, 2020 563690 Nov 16, 2020 568778 Nov 17, 2020 574072 Nov 18, 2020 579382 Nov 19, 2020 584850 Nov 20, 2020 590822 Nov 21, 2020 596214 Nov 22, 2020 602120 Nov 23, 2020 607001 Nov 24, 2020 613266 Nov 25, 2020 620199 Nov 26, 2020 628375 Nov 27, 2020 634438 Nov 28, 2020 641161 Nov 29, 2020 647980 Nov 30, 2020 655265 Dec 01, 2020 664238 Dec 02, 2020 674093 Dec 03, 2020 685364 Dec 04, 2020 696125 Dec 05, 2020 705827 Dec 06, 2020 713129 Dec 07, 2020 722464 Dec 08, 2020 733064 Dec 09, 2020 743242 Dec 10, 2020 753837 Dec 11, 2020 764966 Dec 12, 2020 775160 Dec 13, 2020 784204 Dec 14, 2020 794557 Dec 15, 2020 804555 Dec 16, 2020 815469 Dec 17, 2020 828166 Dec 18, 2020 838085 Dec 19, 2020 848042 Dec 20, 2020 857049 Dec 21, 2020 866765 Dec 22, 2020 878702 Dec 23, 2020 891270 Dec 24, 2020 903716 Dec 25, 2020 914522 Dec 26, 2020 922145 Dec 27, 2020 932552 Dec 28, 2020 943990 Dec 29, 2020 957412 Dec 30, 2020 974214 Dec 31, 2020 990711 Jan 01, 2021 1005785 Jan 02, 2021 1017153 Jan 03, 2021 1028362 Jan 04, 2021 1041028

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