NEW YORK (WCBS 880) -- COVID-19 case numbers are starting to rise a bit once again in New York, a worrying omen as the cold weather months begin to creep in.
The state reported a positivity rate of 4.01% Monday, the first time New York’s daily percentage climbed over 4% in months, although it reported an overall case number of about 4,600, which was actually lower than the previous five days.
New York’s seven-day positivity rate, a figure the state has looked at closely throughout the pandemic, has risen to 3.3%. That number was as low as 2.1% toward the end of October.
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Over the weekend, New York reported just under 6,500 new COVID-19 cases, the highest daily case count since about 6,700 were reported on Sept. 15.
According to Johns Hopkins data, New York’s COVID numbers have been somewhat stable since August, only seeing sizable dips in late October that now changed to an uptick in November.
But Monday’s average case count, based on Johns Hopkins’ data, is the highest it has been since mid-April.
Cases began rising up in late July following a summer where the state had cases counts consistently in the hundreds, but never rose to the heights New York saw in late 2020 into early 2021.
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Meanwhile, COVID hospitalizations dropped under 2,000 in late October, and have remained there in the following weeks. But COVID-19 patient numbers have risen for four consecutive days, now at 1,963.
New York, though, will be facing the winter with a much more widely expanded vaccine rollout, with those 5+ now eligible.
According to CDC data, just under 80% of New York adults have completed their vaccine series, while almost 68% of all New Yorkers have reached that threshold.
New York’s upper regions are seeing by far the biggest uptick in positive cases, with areas like the Finger Lakes and Western New York above 8%.
Meanwhile, New York City’s average percentage is all the way down at 1.38%, although figures have climbed somewhat in all five boroughs in recent days.
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