NYC hospitalizations is up 'intensely' in last two weeks as Omicron surges
more than doubled during the past two weeks — with the number of patients suspected of suffering from COVID-19 spiking “intensely,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday.
Statewide, hospitalizations surged 11 percent in just one day, from 4,891 on Christmas to 5,526 on Sunday, Gov. Kathy Hochul said.Stephen Yang Statewide, the rate was 181 per 100,000, with Buffalo and the western New York region averaging just 69 per 100,000. “We have real challenges but what’s striking is how different, thank God — how different the Omicron experience is than even last winter, let alone the spring of 2020,” he said.John D’Angelo of Northwell Health, the state’s largest hospital network, called its COVID-19 caseload “manageable,” with 771 on Sunday, up from 594 on Friday.
D’Angelo said Northwell’s “biggest challenge is keeping the staff healthy,” with about 1,200 of its 78,000 employees out sick or in isolation.
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