People Urged to Mask Up, as COVID Cases Continue, to Rise in New York.
CBS reports that COVID-19 cases were
once again on the rise in New York as three
major holidays converged in one weekend. .
The city's Health Department
handed out about 600 free at-home COVID
tests as part of the "Easter Day of Action." .
The effort to distribute an additional 6.5 million tests
in April was joined by four churches
amid the busy holiday weekend.
The effort to distribute an additional 6.5 million tests
in April was joined by four churches
amid the busy holiday weekend.
Passover, Easter and Ramadan overlapped over
the weekend as the latest seven-day average of positive
cases in the city hit 4.46%, up from 3.30% a week ago.
New York City Health Commissioner
Ashwin Vasan has recommended that New Yorkers
once again mask up in indoor public spaces.
New York City Health Commissioner
Ashwin Vasan has recommended that New Yorkers
once again mask up in indoor public spaces.
According to Vasan, he believed
the holiday weekend could send the city's
risk level will from "low" to "medium.".
CBS reports that it would be the first time
since January's surge of Omicron cases
that the risk level would be raised. .
We are seeing an increase in cases
driven mainly by the BA.2 subvariant.
We're seeing cases rise pretty steadily. , Ashwin Vasan, New York City's
Health Commissioner, via CBS.
We are starting to message to New Yorkers that they need to be taking precautions, especially around masking in indoor settings regardless, especially when you don't know the vaccination status of those around you, Ashwin Vasan, New York City's Health Commissioner, via CBS.
Hospitalizations are largely flat,
maybe inching up a little in a few places.
We're going to have to pay very close
attention to this and see where this goes, Dr. Ashish Jha, White House COVID coordinator, via CBS