Breakthrough COVID case rates are rising in NY and the CDC COVID tracker now puts most of the state at a higher alert level, though quarantine rules haven't…
Statewide COVID reinfection rates, both in terms of breakthrough cases and second infections among those who haven't been inoculated, have been rising every week since March 7, New York data showsGov.
Kathy Hochul revealed late Sunday that she tested positive for COVID, even though she’s vaccinated and boosted. NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports.subvariant estimated by New York state health officials to be substantially more contagious than the first descendant of the potentstrain now accounts for up to 73.3% of all virus circulating in the region that encompasses the Empire State, according to newThe CDC puts it at 66.3% of COVID cases in the New York region, which for its purposes also includes New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the British Virgin Islands, though says BA.2.12.1's share of cases could be higher.
Either way, that subvariant is the dominant strain locally, while the first omicron variant, BA.2. , has retained its national dominance in recent weeks . Given the latest trends, though, BA.2.12.1 should assert its dominance in the United States before the end of this month. While no scientific evidence to date links BA.2.12.1 to more severe COVID-linked illness or reduced vaccine efficacy at this point, the heightened transmissibility appears clear.
New York state, for example,None of the high-risk U.S. counties, according to the CDC, are in New York City, but the five boroughs appear to be experiencing a trickle-down effect of sorts. , which has the second-lowest full vaccination rate among the five, are now considered medium COVID alert areas by the CDC. Many more BA.2.12.1 infections may go unreported. The share of positive COVID samples genomically sequenced to isolate variants is a fraction of the total confirmed cases.
The city completed that exhaustive work for just 4% of its cases in the latest week of data and the state has cumulatively sequenced less . * New York City and Long Island are reported as one region because the vast majority of Long Island specimens were sequenced in NYC labs and are reflected in GISAID as NYC results.
In the Central New York region, which has experienced the most elevated case rates in the state since March, BA.2.12.1 was first detected in February and rose to 77% of sequences by April. The subvariant also accounted for more than half of sequences in the Finger Lakes region and more than 25% of samples sequenced in the state's Capital, Mohawk Valley, and Southern Tier regions, through April 20.
All five of those regions have a higher-than-statewide-average reinfection rate per 100,000 residents, with Mohawk Valley the highest among them . New York City's reinfection rate remains below the rolling state average but both of those numbers have been ticking up lately. New York's reinfection data doesn't factor in vaccination but its breakthrough case and hospitalization dashboard does -- and the story is similar there. , state data shows.
The weekly increases appear to have become most pronounced in late March, vaulting from 13 new breakthrough infections per 100,000 residents the week of March 21 to 34.2 the week of April 25, which is the latest data available. New York's rolling hospitalization rate has also increased for fully vaccinated people but to a much lesser degree. Hospitalizations are a lagging factor, so that jump didn't happen until mid-April.
The rolling breakthrough hospitalization rate nearly tripled from the week of April 11 to the week of April 18 though again, multiple factors could be at play. State officials haven't speculated on the cause recently. While much remains unknown, scientifically, about BA.2.12.1 at this point, health officials and experts are paying acute attention to the numbers.as cases surpassed a rate of 200 per 100,000 people in the five boroughs.
It marked the first time the health department has adjusted that level sinceNo new COVID protocol will be implemented in the city at this time, but should the hospitalization rate top the CDC's higher risk threshold of 10 per 100,000 and the 200 per 100,000 case rate hold, indoor mask mandates could return citywide. While new case rates are ascending, they remain well below what they were during omicron's peak surge in January.
Most importantly, hospitalizations and deaths, the far more important metrics from a public health perspective, remain on the decline. In New York City, rolling COVID hospitalizations over the last seven days are up 7.5% compared with the averages for the prior four weeks, which the city says is stable. The death rate continues to drop. Statewide, 2,369 people are hospitalized with COVID as of Tuesday's report, more than doubling in just the last month.
That total, though, is less than a fifth of where hospitalizations stood during the January surge. Long Covid Is ‘Continuing to Increase,' Experts Say. Here's How to Know If You Have It — and What to Do About It "We have come a long way in the past two years, so let's continue to use the tools we know help protect against, treat and prevent serious illness from COVID-19," Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a statement --.
"I know first-hand how tests can help stop the spread to our vulnerable loved ones, so let's keep using this critical tool. I also encourage every New Yorker to make sure you are fully vaccinated and up to date on your booster doses. And if you test positive, talk to your doctor about available treatments. This is how we will continue to move forward through the pandemic safely. "
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