What to know COVID-19 positivity rates have returned to above 20% in parts of Manhattan as the latest data on the city indicate the virus is accumulating before winter. The seven-day mobile positivity rate in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen area reaches 22.5 percent, according to city data on Wednesday. This is by far the highest rate … Read more
What to know Governor Kathy Hochul teased the state’s ideas to undertake the hottest CDC tips concerning COVID-19 faculties and general public protection procedures just before the commence of the academic year. The federal community well being agency unveiled its tips on Aug.11, getting rid of the suggestion that individuals quarantine soon after coming into … Read more
What you should know The Omicron subvariant BA.5 now accounts for approximately 82% of COVID cases in the CDC’s New York region. It is more than four times more resistant to the vaccine than its predecessor and has been linked to a higher risk of reinfection and progression cases and hospitalizations, state and national data … Read more
What you should know Although New York City said there is more help for New Yorkers in the fight against this latest wave of COVID, things did not start as planned. The city was supposed to start handing out free COVID home test kits at dozens of sites across the five boroughs on Wednesday, but … Read more
What you should know COVID cases are on the rise across the United States once again, driven in large part by the highly contagious and more vaccine-resistant Omicron sub-variants. All five New York City boroughs were added back to the CDC’s high-risk category for the spread of COVID on Friday, with Westchester County also added … Read more
The COVID-19 subvariant estimated by New York State health officials to be substantially more contagious than the first offspring of the potent Omicron strain now accounts for up to 79.5% of all viruses circulating in the New York-encompassing region, according to the most recent data released Tuesday by the CDC. The prevalence of BA.2.12.1, which … Read more
New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced on her Twitter account on Sunday that she had tested positive for COVID-19. The Democrat, who received the COVID-19 vaccines and booster dose, noted that she has no symptoms and that this week she will work remotely and be isolated. “Today I tested positive for COVID-19. Fortunately, I am … Read more
COVID-19 hospitalizations in New York surpassed 2,000 for the first time since late February on Tuesday, nearly tripling in just one month, as highly contagious subvariants of Omicron trigger caution from officials locally and nationally. According to Governor Kathy Hochul’s latest update, 2,050 New Yorkers were hospitalized with COVID in all 10 regions of the … Read more
Only 40 of the more than 3,200 counties in the United States are considered high-transmission areas by the CDC, the health agency said Tuesday. That’s 1.2%. Great news, right? It depends on how and from where you look at it. That 40-county number is more than double the number of high-impact COVID counties the CDC … Read more
What you should know According to the CDC, the Omicron variant, BA.2, now accounts for 84% of COVID cases circulating in the New York area right now, up from 39% two weeks ago. Now also the dominant strain in the US (72.2%) Meanwhile, New York City’s average daily caseload is up 39% from the previous … Read more