NYC Health Commissioner: Omicron Variant Hospitalizations Far Lower Than Previous Waves

NYC Health Commissioner: Omicron Variant Hospitalizations Far Lower Than Previous Waves
A man is tested for COVID-19 in New York City, on Dec. 8, 2021. Eduardo Munoz/Reuters
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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With at least 22,478 positive COVID-19 cases confirmed on Sunday in New York state, New York City’s health director said that cases are rising quickly but hospitalizations are not.

“Right now, there are about a thousand people hospitalized with COVID-19 across New York City. That’s about a quarter of where we were at the peak of last winter’s wave and less than a tenth of where we were in the spring of 2020,” health commissioner Dr. Dave Chokshi said on Monday, blaming the rise in infections on the “Omicron wave.”

Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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