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"...and you can see that the infection rate in some of these zip codes is double the infection rate in the city. The infection rate in the city, general population is about 19 percent, almost 20 percent. In some of these communities, the infection rate is 40 percent," Cuomo said.

To combat the problem in minority communities in recent weeks, Cuomo said the state was doubling its testing footprint in severely impacted communities to 44 churches.