New data offers evidence, in real time, that tight social-distancing restrictions may be working, potentially reducing hospital overcrowding and lowering death rates
Gov. Andrew Cuomo during a coronavirus news conference the Javits Center in New York, March 23, 2020. Harsh measures, including stay-at-home orders and restaurant closures, are contributing to rapid drops in the numbers of fevers, a signal symptom of most coronavirus infections, recorded in states across the country, according to intriguing new data produced by a medical technology firm Kinsa. (Stephanie Keith/The New York
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