Prognosis
Signals Mount That Covid-19 Is Returning to the New York Area
People wait in line at a Covid-19 testing center in Brooklyn, New York City on Oct. 6.
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Covid-19 cases are reaching three-month highs in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, marking the return of the virus to a region that has already suffered America’s heaviest toll.
The strain on the health-care system is so far limited compared with the disasters of March and April, but the trend is concerning. Newly reported cases in the three states have roughly doubled in a month.