NYC COVID Cases Increase As Cold Weather Looms: Data

NEW YORK CITY — A spell of unseasonably warm autumn weather may have hit New York City, but winter — and the coronavirus — is coming.

COVID-19 cases are officially “increasing” in New York City, with nearly 2,500 new infections a day on average, according to the city’s coronavirus tracker.

The city’s daily average of new cases hasn’t cracked 2,000 since August, data shows.

The rising numbers hint that another cold-weather holiday surge of coronavirus cases could hit the city, as has happened every year since the pandemic struck in 2020. Among the city’s recent cases was health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan, who credited the newest COVID-19 vaccine booster for his relatively mild and short illness.

“All New Yorkers should go get your booster today, so that you’re ready for whatever this virus throws our way this winter,” he tweeted.

COVID-19 cases remained roughly level citywide for months, although some neighborhoods have seen positivity spike.

Positivity citywide stands at 10.8 percent, a level still considered “stable,” according to the city’s coronavirus tracker.

And hospitalizations and deaths are listed as “decreasing” for the past week, with a daily average of 94 and 7, respective, according to data.

Check out the city’s COVID-19 data here.