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1-19-2022 12:41pm
GOOD NEWS: Covid-19 Instances In New York City Suggest That Omicron Infections Are On The Decline
Brian Harrod
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NEW YORK CITY: Every day, tens of thousands of illnesses are recorded, and the test positive rate has remained over 20%. However, after increasing 26-fold in only one month, instances have dropped by 17% in the previous week.
According to data from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, after a peak of 50,803 COVID-19 instances on Jan. 3, just 9,202 cases were registered on Jan. 14.
In addition, the number of hospitalizations is decreasing, as is the number of virus-positive wastewater tests.
The first incidence of omicron linked to New York City was reported on Dec. 2 in a Minnesota resident who had visited the Big Apple for an anime convention in November.
COVID-19 instances began to rise after that. Within two weeks, the city was reporting over 7,600 illnesses every day, up from 1,600 the day before.
Omicron is more likely to spread between vaccinated persons than previous versions, according to studies, however immunizations still significantly lower the risk of serious disease.
With the chilly weather and people gathering for the holidays, it’s no wonder that the virus spread so swiftly.
According to Biobot, a wastewater analytics business, even coronavirus levels in wastewater tests indicated that a surge was on the way.
There are indications that the city has reached its omicron maximum.
COVID-19 cases have been declining in New York City for about 11 days, with an average of around 15,000 new infections per day, down from around 36,000 only two weeks ago.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, New York City no longer has the highest case rate in the country; Rhode Island now does, indicating that the city’s surge may be waning.
According to the city’s health department, hospitalizations have decreased from an average of 992 new admissions on Jan. 6 to 496 as of Jan. 15.
Over the previous week to ten days, new daily COVID-19 hospital admissions at Mount Sinai Health System, one of New York City’s biggest hospital systems, have remained relatively stable.
A sharp increase in cases followed by a sharp drop is comparable to what has happened in other nations that discovered omicron before the United States.
Posted By New York Newswire Journalist Brian Harrod
