NEW YORK (WCBS 880) -- COVID-19 hospitalizations in New York continued to climb Tuesday, with figures breaking 10,000 for the first time in over a year and a half.
New York officials announced 848 additional virus-related hospitalizations Tuesday, bringing the number up to 10,411. Hospitalizations haven’t been that high since back on May 1, 2020, as the first surge of COVID-19 was beginning to fall and vaccines were still months off.
On this day exactly one year ago, New York had about 1,800 less hospitalizations than it does now, as the state would approach its winter peak just two weeks later.
ICU patients also continued to climb — up nearly 100 to 1,302. 99 more COVID deaths were reported, with over 200 deaths over the last two days.
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For the third day in a row, New York did not break its COVID-19 daily case record, which was set Saturday at over 85,000. Tuesday saw over 53,000 cases, still a staggering number that was slightly higher than the 51,700 seen Monday.
But state officials have warned that the early week case figures are “misleading” coming off the holiday weekend, and further surges could come beginning Wednesday.
The positivity rate held firm in the low-20s at 22.5%. It has remained in the low-20s every day since Dec. 30.
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New York City has the state’s highest case rate per 100,000 people at 463. Long Island follows in second at 408 and the Mid-Hudson area is third at 321.
New York City accounted for about 30,800 of the new cases reported Tuesday, or about 58% of the entire total.
The spiraling COVID issues aren’t unique to New York, with the United States reporting 1.08 million cases Monday, the highest ever seen by any nation.
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