What you should know
- New York City has surpassed one million confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases, according to city data.
- The latest figures released Monday show that New York City has seen 824,985 confirmed cases and 179,440 probable cases to date.
- The most recent information is from accumulated data on COVID-19 in New York City since the city’s first confirmed case was diagnosed on February 29, 2020.
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NEW YORK – New York City has surpassed one million confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases, according to city data.
The latest figures released Monday show that New York City has seen 824,985 confirmed cases and 179,440 probable cases to date. Confirmed cases are described as cases with people with a positive molecular test, while probable cases are those cases that refer to people with a positive antigen test, or confirmed symptoms and exposure, or probable death.
The most recent information is from accumulated data on COVID-19 in New York City since the city’s first confirmed case was diagnosed on February 29, 2020.
The latest numbers come at a time when New Yorkers will have to start carrying their COVID-19 vaccine card or digital copy to enter restaurants, bars, nightclubs, and outdoor music festivals as the city begins to grapple with an increase in COVID-19 cases caused by the delta variant.
Starting Tuesday, August 17 The measure announced by Mayor Bill de Blasio at the beginning of the month in which proof of vaccination must be presented is beginning to be implemented in New York City to be able to enter certain indoor venues such as restaurants, gyms, and indoor entertainment venues such as theaters. New Yorkers will need to start carrying their COVID-19 vaccination card or digital sample to enter these locations.
The mayor had previously said that the measure would begin on Monday, August 16, but the change of date was given during his press conference on Monday when he said that he would sign an executive order to start it on Tuesday. He did not disclose why the change was due.
The guideline, which was called by the mayor as “Key to NYC Pass“It will be mandatory from September 13, the day on which the inspections and the application of the law for companies will begin. To know the key points of this measure for both individuals and businesses, including possible fines, visit this website.
The Healthcare workers in New York are part of the latest workforce to see a vaccine mandate as part of a push from officials hoping to curb the spread of the highly contagious delta variant.
The mandate comes the same day state health officials authorized a third dose of the vaccine for New Yorkers with compromised immune systems. The authorization follows guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued late last week.
New Yorkers eligible for the third injection must wait 28 days after receiving their second dose (a third dose if only licensed by Moderna and Pfizer) and it takes effect immediately, the governor said.
Beginning September 27, all New York State healthcare workers, including staff in hospitals and long-term care facilities (LTCF), nursing homes, adult care, and other group-care settings, will have need to be vaccinated against COVID-19, Governor Cuomo announced in a statement Monday.
In general, experts agree that vaccines have been shown to dramatically reduce the risk of serious outcomes associated with COVID. Those at all levels of government, including the incoming governor of New York, acknowledge that most of the risk lies with the unvaccinated.
The number of doses given daily in New York doubled this month compared to July, but doctors say it will take several weeks for the latest spike in cases and hospitalizations to stabilize as immunity kicks in.
That’s why health experts continue to urge everyone to socially distance themselves, wash their hands and cover their face because they are scientifically proven ways to reduce the risk of contracting the virus, regardless of vaccination status.
But the fight against the delta variant is nowhere near over, it is just beginning, as Mayor Bill de Blasio and other city leaders have made clear.
The strategy to fight COVID now continues to focus on these communities, although there is no doubt that protection for some who have been fully inoculated may be waning or less efficient when faced with the delta variant, a variant that has been seen that it affects children and young adults at a rate not previously seen when it comes to COVID-19.
The Hospital Admissions for Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in Children Under 18 they are at their highest level in three months in the New York metropolitan area. While at the national level they are at the highest levels recorded so far.
Among children ages 0-17 in HHS Region 2, (New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands), the COVID-19 hospitalization rate per 100,000 people is now 0.19, according to CDC data published until last Friday. That is the highest level since the beginning of May.
At the national level, the proportion is 0.38, so far the highest in the whole. data from the CDC.
The surge in child hospitalizations comes amid the uncontrolled spread of the delta variant of COVID-19 across the country and mounting evidence that the variant is more severe for children than previous instances of the virus.
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