But we said vaccinated people only," the Democrat said. "We made the decision a few weeks back when things were much better. However the mayor decides to handle the event, Hochul said it's a decision best left up to the localities and that de Blasio will "make the right decision."Īsked about the planned end-of-year bash Thursday night on CNN, de Blasio said the party is on for now but that could change at some point if the data warrants it. The unprecedented omicron-fueled COVID surge enveloping the former epicenter of the pandemic now has the mayor willing to reconsider the end of year festivities. On CNN Friday, the governor confirmed 1 million cases were already in hand with another 2 million on the way. In an effort to combat both the delta and omicron variants, the state is rushing to acquire millions of at-home tests for New Yorkers living in communities with lower vaccine rates. Good modeling and data is a week or two behind - that's what we need to prepare for a surge worse than what we've seen before," Dr. "The UK surge is bigger than any that they have seen before. need only look across the pond to see what still may be in store. David Ho estimates that the average person infected with the omicron variant to five others - and said that the U.S. Yves Duroseau, Emergency Services Director at Lenox Hill Hospital.ĭespite what appear to be milder COVID cases caused by the omicron variant, some of the world's top experts worry the variant is so transmissible, that it may yet still tax our region's hospital system. It's not converting to admissions to the hospital, or deaths," said Dr. The impact on those vaccinated has been clinically mild. "The omicron symptoms have been very mild. 2020, there were just 243 as of Monday, NYC hospitalizations were at just 43 - a 97 percent decrease from the pandemic peak. At the height of the pandemic, on average there were 1,600 patients being treated at city hospitals for COVID. It's also the highest reported testing day for the city since the beginning of the pandemic, and the first time the city saw more than 10,000 cases in a single day.īut once again, city hospitalization numbers remain low. That total is up 20% from the previous day, and 100% from two days earlier. “But then you layer on top of that the new omicron variant, which is more transmissible from an infection standpoint,” he said, noting that current vaccines may be unable to contain the “more invasive” new variant.Īnd in New York City, where testing lines have wrapped around blocks and people report wait times well over an hour, 10,286 positive cases were reported Friday. “We were already headed for a winter surge with delta, which is a very concerning thing in its own right,” Nash said. Denis Nash, the executive director of the Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health at the City University of New York. The steep rise in infections should be of great concern but it was inevitable, given the quick spread of the newest variant, said Dr.
Get Tri-state area news and weather forecasts to your inbox. Also, when you compare hospitalizations to one week ago, the number of people in hospitals for COVID-19 has risen by about 300, reflecting an increase of 8%. New York reported close to the same number of tests taken last Friday, but of that batch (over 260,000), there were 10,000 less positive cases one week ago. Kathy Hochul said during a Friday appearance on CNN. The numbers are going up exponentially by day,” Gov. Now, the number of people admitted is down by more than half. The old record for most reported cases in a single day was 19,942, when reported hospitalizations were on the brink of 9,000. Kathy Hochul announced 21,027 new positive cases statewide Friday. The previous record, set 11 months ago on Jan. Almost exactly one month after Mayor Bill de Blasio triumphantly announced tens of thousands of fully vaccinated people could return to Times Square to celebrate New Year's Eve in person this year, the state saw it's highest single-day reporting of new COVID infections.
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