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The city and state use different approaches for calculations. That has led to confusion and has a big impact on which restrictions are adopted.

The school system, the nation’s largest, has had strikingly few virus cases. Even so, the mayor may end in-person classes because the city’s overall rate is surging.

Parents, local officials and religious leaders bristled at the haphazard way the governor and mayor announced new restrictions, some of which contradicted each other.

The sustained low rate of infection has surprised local health officials. But a resurgence may be inevitable, despite the state’s and city’s best efforts.

In a long-awaited announcement, the governor says schools can welcome back students if the rate of infection in their communities remains low.

Officials are under pressure to restart the economy, but many states are moving too quickly, researchers say. The costs may be measured in lost lives.

The president’s stark departure from his message on Thursday night, when he announced guidelines for governors to reopen their states and said they would “call your own shots,” suggested he was ceding any semblance of national leadership on the pandemic.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said one million face masks were being sent to hospitals in New York City and another 500,000 to Long Island.