It is also the last of New York state's 10 regions to finally enter phase one of reopening after achieving all seven benchmarks including shares of total hospital beds available and ICU beds available.

So far, the city has reported over 207,000 COVID-19 cases, accounting for more than 10 percent of the country's total.

The positive rate of daily COVID-19 testing dropped from 59 percent nine weeks ago to 2 percent on Sunday, as a result of both expanded testing capacity and a slowing rate of infection, said Cuomo.

According to the state's strategy, a region must stay in each phase for at least two weeks, during which the city and the state will closely monitor the trend of the COVID-19 curve.

De Blasio said earlier this month that New York City could be ready for phase two by July.

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