PUT ON YOUR DAMN MASK: State of New York reports surge in new positive tests

DAILY MAIL: 'We never seen this before': Omicron fears spark huge testing lines across the city 

GET VAXXED: Big Apple prepares to become America's virus epicenter AGAIN

GET THAT BOOSTER SHOT: Omicron fears spark huge lines for testing across the city as NYC's COVID positivity rate DOUBLES in three days and new cases increase 26%

• Long lines formed at Covid testing sites across New York City on Thursday as the city sees a sharp increase in cases
  
• The COVID-19 test positivity rate doubled in New York City between December 9 and 12, with the mayor's public health advisor calling it something 'never seen'
  
• Cases among unvaccinated people nearly doubled during the week that ended on December 5 
  
• Unvaccinated people are being hit hard: 804.46 out of every 100,000 are testing positive for the virus during the week that ended on December 5 
  
• Among vaccinated people, the rate falls to 96.81 our of every 100,000 residents 
  
• Genetic sequencing finds that the Omicron Covid strain accounts for around 1 per cent of new cases in the city 
  
• Just over 80 per cent of adults in the city are fully vaccinated and the health department tells DailyMail that 18 per cent have received booster shots 
  
  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-10318707/NYC-Covid-positivit…