NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- New York’s COVID-19 caseload finally dipped Tuesday after setting records for four days in a row — but the overall positivity rate continued to climb.
New York reported 22,258 new cases Tuesday, still a staggering number that is the third-most reported during the pandemic, but a drop of over 1,000 from Monday.
"Cases are rising due to the winter surge, but this is not March 2020 - we knew this was coming and New York is taking action to make vaccines, boosters, and testing more widely available," Gov. Kathy Hochul said. "We know what works - get vaccinated, get the booster, mask up, and exercise caution in indoor public spaces.”
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The latest numbers showed a continuous climb in hospitalizations — now at 4,328, up over 300 from the previous day.
New York’s COVID hospitalizations were down below 2,000 just over a month ago.
The overall positivity rate also went up to 10.39% Tuesday — on Monday, the current pandemic case record, the rate was just over 9%.
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New York City, which has had some of the lowest virus rates across the state for several months, now has the state’s highest seven-day average for cases per 100,000 people — 130.44.
With worries of omicron wearing on, the state announced that over 100,000 vaccine doses were administered over the past 24 hours.
State numbers show 88% of New Yorkers 18+ have gotten at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, while 76.8% of all New Yorkers have gotten one shot of more.
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