NY COVID hospitalizations reach a 3-month high, increasing 25% in 10 days as 5th wave intensifies.
, reporting the highest rolling new case rate of all 10 regions in the state . That number is well above the state average and is primarily driven by transmission rates in Suffolk County. The new case rate there is 69.4 compared to Nassau County's 57.2.
The region's rolling hospitalization rate has also topped the state average after lingering well below for much of this latest wave.-- has been in the CDC low-risk stage, though the New York City borough now meets the threshold for an upgrade to medium, based on a rolling case rate per 100,000 that city data shows well tops the 200 mark.
New York City's rolling transmission rate remains lower than the state average , but viral spread has been intensifying considerably in recent weeks.City health officials, meaning both the rolling new case and rolling new hospitalization rates had hit the CDC's threshold of 200 and 10, respectively, per 100,000 residents.
They had first issued a warning on Monday the switch would likely come in days, with the hospitalization rate hitting 9.2 per 100,000. It didn't even take 24 hours. And as of Thursday's data, the city's rolling hospitalization rate is up to 10.5 per 100,000.
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