ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s statewide COVID positivity rate fell below 10% on Friday, the first time the marker has dropped into the single digits in more than a month.
Gov. Kathy Hochul, speaking at the Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island, said she’s confident that the state is heading in the right direction following the omicron-fueled holiday surge.
“Here is a trend that you don’t need to be a scientist to see: The trend is going down, a 66% drop in new cases over the past two weeks,” the governor said.
