New York’s statewide COVID-19 case tally held regular final week because the nation intently monitored a surge in infections that started in Central New York and the Finger Lakes in early April.
New York reported 50,295 new instances of coronavirus within the week ending Sunday, up barely from 49,500 the prior week. It marked the primary secure week-to-week COVID-19 case comparability over the previous month, as specialists warned a extremely contagious omicron subvariant that emerged upstate is expected to spread to other parts of the country.
Regardless of the regular weekly case depend, New York nonetheless ranked fourth among the many states the place coronavirus was spreading the quickest on a per-person foundation, a USA TODAY Community evaluation of Johns Hopkins College information exhibits. However gaps in COVID-19 case reporting in some states make comparisons tough, whereas widespread use of at-home COVID-19 test kits probably masks the true an infection charge throughout the nation.
Nationally, COVID-19 instances elevated about 9% from the week earlier than, with 381,004 instances reported. Throughout the nation, 41 states had extra instances within the newest week than they did within the week earlier than.
In New York, the newest COVID-19 numbers present components of New York Metropolis and surrounding communities have to date been spared the massive will increase in COVID-19 instances that unfolded throughout a lot of upstate since early April.
However the better New York Metropolis space additionally started seeing infections linked to the omicron subvariant later than upstate, suggesting it might be susceptible to future outbreaks, in keeping with state information on variants.
In the meantime, Onondaga County, which confronted the earliest outbreak within the nation tied to the subvariant, reported a 17% decline in COVID-19 instances final week, which supplied the primary true signal that the upstate surge might be turning the nook.
Nonetheless, the weekly tally of COVID-19 sufferers admitted to hospitals statewide elevated practically 13% final week, rising to three,577 from 3,173 however remaining nicely under prior pandemic waves. And specialists are more and more targeted on this hospitalization information as the very best metric to gauge the specter of outbreaks.
A whole of 37 of 62 counties in New York presently fall beneath the high-risk COVID-19 class primarily based on an infection and hospitalization information. Simply two weeks in the past, solely 10 counties have been “excessive danger,” in keeping with the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention steering.
In New York, 123 folks have been reported useless of COVID-19 within the week ending Sunday. Within the week earlier than that, 117 folks have been reported useless.
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- Within the newest week, Westchester County noticed its instances keep flat, reporting 2,457 instances and one demise.
- Rockland County’s instances elevated 15%, reporting 689 instances and one demise.
- Putnam County’s instances rose 8%, reporting 234 instances and nil deaths.
- Dutchess County’s instances fell practically 11%, reporting 535 instances and nil deaths.
- Orange County’s instances declined 12%, reporting 758 instances and one demise.
- Upstate, Monroe County’s instances fell practically 6%, reporting 2,460 instances and 10 deaths.
- Oneida County’s instances declined 6%, reporting 1,053 instances and 7 deaths.
- Broome County’s instances dropped 7%, reporting 745 instances and nil deaths.
Inside New York, the worst weekly outbreaks on a per-person foundation have been in:
- Erie County with 484 instances per 100,000 per week.
- Oneida County with 460.
- Tompkins County with 456.
The Facilities for Illness Management says excessive ranges of neighborhood transmission start at 100 instances per 100,000 per week.
Weekly case counts rose in 40 counties from the earlier week. The worst will increase from the prior week’s tempo have been in Erie, Nassau and Suffolk counties.
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New York ranked seventh amongst states in share of individuals receiving at the very least one shot, with 90.2% of its residents at the very least partially vaccinated. The nationwide charge is 77.6%, a USA TODAY evaluation of CDC information exhibits. The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, that are essentially the most utilized in the US, require two doses administered a number of weeks aside.
Within the week ending Sunday, New York reported administering one other 179,807 vaccine doses, together with 22,305 first doses. Within the earlier week, the state administered 193,193 vaccine doses.
Throughout New York, instances fell in 22 counties, with the very best declines in:
- New York County, with 4,352 instances from 5,618 per week earlier.
- Onondaga County, with 1,613 instances from 1,934.
- Kings County, with 4,756 instances from 4,948.
A complete of 5,173,907 folks in New York have examined constructive for the coronavirus because the pandemic started, and 68,354 folks have died from the illness, Johns Hopkins College information exhibits. In the US 81,365,218 folks have examined constructive and 993,733 folks have died.
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New York’s COVID-19 hospital admissions rising
USA TODAY analyzed federal hospital information as of Sunday, Might 1.
Possible COVID sufferers admitted within the state:
- Final week: 3,577
- The week earlier than that: 3,173
- 4 weeks in the past: 2,134
Possible COVID sufferers admitted within the nation:
- Final week: 43,243
- The week earlier than that: 39,428
- 4 weeks in the past: 37,216
Hospitals in 34 states reported extra COVID-19 sufferers than per week earlier, whereas hospitals in 34 states had extra COVID-19 sufferers in intensive-care beds. Hospitals in 38 states admitted extra COVID-19 sufferers within the newest week than per week prior, the USA TODAY evaluation of U.S. Well being and Human Companies information exhibits.
The USA TODAY Community is publishing localized variations of this story on its information websites throughout the nation, generated with information from Johns Hopkins College and the Facilities for Illness Management. When you have questions concerning the information or the story, contact Mike Stucka at mstucka@gannett.com.
