Omicron surge leads to event cancellations and lines at testing sites but health system not yet under serious strain
But new hospitalizations and deaths are averaging well below their spring 2020 peak and even where they were this time last year, during a winter wave that came as vaccinations were just beginning, city data shows.
Hospital admissions and deaths tend to rise and fall weeks after cases do. But Dr Fritz François, chief of hospital operations for NYU Langone Health, says so far, “We’re actually seeing something different” than in previous surges.NYU Langone has seen a small uptick in patients with Covid, now about 80 in its several hospitals in New York City and Long Island. That’s about 80% less than the tally at the top of last winter’s wave, François said.
“I’m confident we’ll get through this, but there are some challenges this time around that I think we’re going to have to think through a bit carefully,” he said.
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