New York state reported the highest number of Covid-19 cases in one day on Friday with 21,027 positive cases, according to available state data.
Before this new record, the state had reported 19,942 positive Covid-19 cases as of January 14, according to the data.
However, the number of hospitalizations related to Covid-19 remains relatively low.
On Friday, the state reported 3,839 Covid-19-related hospitalizations, compared with 8,088 Covid-19-related hospitalizations reported on Jan. 14, according to Covid-19 hospitalization data. At its peak in mid-April 2020, New York hospitalizations for Covid-19 reached nearly 19,000.
New York Covid-19 data also revealed positive Covid-19 cases in the state are up 154% in less than a week.
On Friday, the state reported 21,027 positive Covid-19 cases, one and a half times the number of positive Covid-19 cases reported Tuesday — that was 8,266 positive Covid-19 cases.
“We must not take the winter wave we are facing lightly, and we must continue to encourage everyone we know to get vaccinated, get the booster and wear a mask,” New York chief executive Hochul said in a press release on Thursday.
The data disclosures come as New York City reported that the positivity rate of PCR tests doubled over a four-day period. The NYC health commissioner’s sid cases have tripled in the past month.
