For the first time since 1957, the city of Miami in the United States has reportedly gone at least seven weeks without a single murder case.
According to the Miami Herald report, the city which is dubbed as America’s ‘murder capital’, did not report a homicide from February 17 to April 12, which is the longest streak in 63 years.
The Miami police revealed that there has been a 33 percent decrease in homicides since March 12, when Miami county Mayor Carlos Gimenez issued a stay-at-home order to reduce Coronavirus spread.
While stay-at-home orders due to the coronavirus pandemic have played a role, Police Chief Jorge Colina said the trend started in mid-February before social distancing was put in place.
Colina, who is a Coronavirus patient, told the Miami Herald that;
Honestly, I don’t know. I’m just grateful it continues to go down the way it has.
He, however, warned that these numbers are hypothetical and not an accurate representation of crime in Miami.
According to Colina, there are surely unreported domestic violence and child abuse cases going on since the city is in quarantine.
On his part, Deputy Police Chief Ron Papier told the Miami Herald it wasn’t clear if there were fewer crimes, fewer reports or both.
The lockdown ordered by Mayor Francis Suarez was first declared on March 12 in an attempt to slow the spread of coronavirus. Since the first announcement, it was been extended six times.
