

We can't give up."įauci added: “We're at war. We know what public health mitigations work.

We are so fortunate that we have a highly effective and safe vaccine. “We will win this war with this virus, but we will win it only because we apply the things that we have: the interventions. That is for sure, but we can't give in,” Fauci told CNN’s Erica Hill. I mean, everybody understands, and we all have been through a two-year ordeal that is really unprecedented in the history of public health in our country. The NYC health commissioner sid cases have tripled in the past month. The data revelations come as New York City reported its positivity rate from PCR tests doubled over a four-day period. “We must not make light of the winter surge that we are facing, and we should continue to encourage everyone we know to get vaccinated, get the booster and wear a mask,” New York Gov. On Friday, the state reported 21,027 positive Covid-19 cases, one and a half times the number of positive Covid-19 cases reported on Tuesday - which was 8,266 positive Covid-19 cases. New York Covid-19 data also revealed that positive Covid-19 cases in the state jumped 154% in less than a week. At its peak in mid-April 2020, New York’s hospitalization rate for Covid-19 nearly reached 19,000. 14, according to Covid-19 hospitalization data. On Friday, the state reported 3,839 Covid-19 related hospitalizations, as compared to 8,088 Covid-19 related hospitalizations reported on Jan. However, Covid-19-related hospitalizations remain comparatively low. New York state reported its highest single-day Covid-19 case count on Friday with 21,027 positive cases, according to available state data.īefore this new record, the state had reported 19,942 positive Covid-19 cases on Jan.
