Omicron Melts Away: Uptown COVID Rate Falls Amid NYC Case Drop

UPPER MANHATTAN, NY — After omicron ravaged the city in December and early January, case rates are falling across the five boroughs — including in Washington Heights and Inwood.

As of Tuesday, the statewide case count in New York had dropped 92 percent in the last three weeks, and the daily positivity rate in the city had dropped to around 4 percent.

These same trends are seen in Upper Manhattan.

The city-wide numbers lag behind the data provided by the state's office, and also only show the rates in the form of seven-day averages — not single days.

Here is the COVID data for Washington Heights and Inwood from Jan. 24 through 30.

10032: Washington Heights (South)

• 7-Day Case Rate: 5.32 percent
• Total New Positives: 108
• People Tested: 2,031

10033: Washington Heights (North)

• 7-Day Case Rate: 5.08 percent
• Total New Positives: 100
• People Tested: 1,968

10040: Washington Heights North/Inwood

• 7-Day Case Rate: 5.73 percent
• Total New Positives: 76
• People Tested: 1,327

10034: Inwood

• 7-Day Case Rate: 5.37 percent
• Total New Positives: 66
• People Tested: 1,228

The current case rates in the four uptown areas are lower than the majority of the ZIP codes in Manhattan.

The slightly over 5 percent positivity is also a steep fall from where Washington Heights and Inwood were around a month ago, when the four ZIP codes in the two neighborhoods posted an average seven-day positivity rate of 19.74 percent for Dec. 19 through 25.

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It means that Upper Manhattan's case rate has fallen around 14 percent in the last month.

The city's highest case rate is currently in Flushing, Queens, where the seven-day percent positivity is over 14 percent.

On the other end of the spectrum, the NYC ZIP code with the lowest positivity rate is the Financial District at just 2.48 percent.

You can check out the COVID data for yourself on the city's website.