Dec 17th, 6pm.
The number of positive cases of Covid-19 in New York on Thursday was the highest since the beginning of the Pandemic.
People wait in line to be tested for Covid-19 at a street-side testing booth in New York.
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According to Hochul, nearly 8% of test results were positive.
The increase in positive Covid cases is thought to be due to the omicron variant.
The number of positive cases on Thursday was more than the number reported on January 14.
Hochul urged New Yorkers to get a booster shot and be aware of the ongoing swine flu epidemic.
70.7%. The New York State Department of Health said that as of Friday morning, only a small percentage of New Yorkers had been fully vaccined. The percentage of fully vaccined people in New York was higher than the percentage in the US, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The key background.
The jump in positive Covid cases suggested that omicron evades immunity, according to Dr. Jay Varma, a senior health advisor to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. He said that vaccine and virus-induced immunity is more effective against severe disease, though that is subject to change. Some people in the city had to wait hours for a Covid test as the queue stretched for blocks. Broadway canceled shows Wednesday due to breakthrough cases in their companies, including the Tina Turner Musical and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
The New York Times reported over 20,000 Covid-19 cases on a single day.
More Broadway shows have canceled performances because of lawsuits.
Some schools in NYC are closing because of record NY COVID numbers.
NY reports the highest single-day case total of pandemic.
New York state has the highest number of daily Covid cases.
