NEW YORK — Coronavirus infection rates are surging in the city with more than 15% of all tests coming back positive on average in the past week, data from the Health Department shows — and it remains unclear what Mayor Eric Adams plans to do to address the pandemic resurgence.
While the weeklong test positivity average is at 15.4% citywide, there are pockets in every borough where the rate tops an alarming 20%, the data shows. COVID-19 hospitalizations are ticking up, too.
As of Thursday, 1,119 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 in the city, the highest number since February, according to city data. Compounded with booster vaccination rates remaining largely stagnant, public health experts view the spiking hospitalization rate as especially troubling as it indicates that more people are falling seriously ill from the virus.
