Labs here began detecting low levels of this omicron subvariant in the community around early November. Kraken now makes up about 80% of the state’s analyzed cases, meaning it rose to dominance in approximately the same timeframe as the original omicron.
“The correlation between cases and hospitalizations has diverged and stayed divergent,” said NYC Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan. “In a way, that makes it actually quite good that we're still doing the volume of clinical testing that we are.” Justman, Nash and Vasan all said the drop in PCR testing also speaks to the popularity of at-home tests. These kits offer the convenience of checking whether a person is positive without needing to head to a clinic.
We’re still doing this ?
Let's get an official explanation of a 'covid death'. Died of something else and tested positive for Covid? Had something and Covid pushed that something to cause death? Or caught Covid with nothing else and just died?
Wow that's nearly double the total murders in 2022, in the last 2 weeks. COVID is still the most dangerous thing in NYC
Interesting story if accurate of 400 Covid deaths in NY in past two weeks. Source would be interesting, Gothamist magazine? Does NYCMayor sidrosenberg CatsAtNight77 agree? frankmorano pls see article seems a bit alarming if it’s that high? 200 a week?
How many of these deaths might be where and which populations? New Yorkers long term residents? Is the figure City boroughs or state wide? 400 deaths in 2 weeks - what extent of exposure? Lastly how much advertising do you guys get from big pharma? Healthcare firms? Gov’t?