As the omicron COVID-19 surge ebbed the final two weeks of January, New York State saw its daily case count drop by 80% and its hospitalization tally sink by almost 40%, according to data released by Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office on Monday.
Less than 6% of COVID-19 test results statewide came back positive in each of the past three days, according to government figures. The state’s daily test positive rate peaked above 23% at the start of the month, when the virus was rippling through New York with vicious velocity.
Hospitalizations and deaths, which trail behind cases, have begun to take a nosedive. In the latest statewide data set, 7,191 New Yorkers were hospitalized with COVID-19, according to the governor’s office.
