New York reported another round of statistics from the Omicron coronavirus wave on Thursday, as the statewide hospitalization count rose by 63% in a single week, and the daily case tally(记录) hit a record 74,207. More than one out of five COVID test results in the Empire State — 22% — came back positive. The daily positivity rate was below 5% at the start of December, when the hard-hitting delta variant remained dominant.
Now, the Omicron type is delivering an ominous ending to the year, leaving businesses short on healthy workers, freezing subway lines and testing sites, and pouring patients into medical centers.
Gov. Hochul has warned that the crisis will likely worsen in January given recent holiday travel. She has urged New Yorkers to ring in the 2022 outside if they choose to celebrate. “As the New Year approaches, it’s more important than ever that we take the necessary precautions to keep each other safe in the face of the COVID winter increase,” Hochul said in a statement on Thursday. “It’s up to all of us to make 2022 a safer, healthier year than 2021 was — get vaccinated, get boosted, mask up, and avoid large indoor public gatherings when possible.”
Some 7,400 infected New Yorkers were hospitalized across the state, according to government data. That figure remains below previous heights reached in April 2020 and January 2021, but the state may soon eclipse last winter’s peak.
Adams, who is due to become mayor on Saturday, signaled he will stick closely to health measures introduced by de Blasio, including a new vaccine mandate for private-sector employees. In the city, more than 6 million New Yorkers have been fully vaccinated, according to government data. “Our focus is vaccine and testing,” Adams said in the news conference with Chokshi. “We must say that over and over again. Someone needs to make a T-shirt and a cap that says: vaccine and testing.”
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