NYC COVID alert raised to ‘medium’ as cases rise, but hospitalizations stay lowBy Sam Raskin
May 2, 2022
The risk of the spread of COVID-19 in New York City has been raised from “low” to “medium” as cases rise — despite hospitalizations and deaths remaining low, the Big Apple’s top doctor announced Monday.
While the positivity rate in the five boroughs has risen from a seven-day average of about 1.5% in early March and 3% in early April to 6.49% as of Friday, in recent months hospitalizations have remained flat while deaths have declined, according to health department data.
The city on March 1 saw a weekly average of 44 people hospitalized after contracting the virus compared to 40 New Yorkers in the most recent figures. And as of March 1, a seven-day average of 15 people died of COVID-19 per day — compared to just three or four daily virus deaths in late April, data shows.
In a statement Monday morning, city Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan explained he is raising the alert level from low to medium because the five boroughs had crossed the threshold of a rate of 200 cases per 100,000 people. The expected new designation is purely advisory and does not impose any new restrictions or mandates.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2022/05/02/nyc-covid-alert-raised-to-medium-hospitalizations-stay-low/
