There Are New York State’s 20 ‘Hotspot’ ZIP Codes

By Douglas A. McIntyre Updated Oct 5, 10:31AM EDT · Published Oct 4, 7:18AM EDT

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There Are New York State’s 20 ‘Hotspot’ ZIP Codes — © Monica Schipper / Getty Images

New York State has put out a list of its 20 “hotspot” ZIP codes. There is a deep concern that COVID-19 has started to rise sharply in the American state with the highest death toll. Deaths in New York State total 32,794 of the country’s 211,975. While the state has 15% of deaths, its portion of the total national population stands at less than 6%.

COVID-19 already may have begun to spread from these ZIP codes. Most are in highly populated areas in and around New York City. These, in turn, sit close to other ZIP codes with dense populations. In fact, most are adjacent to at least one other ZIP code on the list of 20. Twenty-six percent of all COVID-19 new confirmed cases in the state yesterday were in the 20 ZIP codes.

Cuomo’s office commented to the people in these ZIP codes: “We will focus on testing and compliance efforts in these areas. If you live in one of these ZIP codes, treat this seriously. Wear a mask. Wash your hands often. Get tested. Don’t attend large gatherings.”

Nine of the ZIP codes are in Kings County, which is the New York City borough of Brooklyn, one of the hardest-hit areas during the devastating spread in March and April. Its population is 2,648,403. Three of the ZIP codes are in Queens, another borough, which has a population of 2,253,858. One of the ZIP codes is in the Bronx, another section of New York City, with a population of 1,418,207. One ZIP code is in Richmond County, the location of Staten Island, another borough of New York City. Its population is 476,143. That puts 14 of the ZIP codes inside New York City proper.

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Three of the ZIP codes are in Rockland County, immediately northwest of New York City. It has a population of 325,789. One ZIP code is in Orange County, which is just north of Rockland County. It has a population of 372,813. One is in Westchester County, immediately north of New York City. It has a population of 967,506. The last is in Nassau County, immediately east of New York City. It has a population of 967,506.

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Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

His work has been quoted or mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Time, The New Yorker, HuffPost USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Guardian and many other major publications. McIntyre has been a guest on CNBC, the BBC and television and radio stations across the country.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.