NEW YORK — New York Metropolis well being officers say the COVID positivity fee has surged to 14%, which is the best degree since January.
Mayor Eric Adams spoke in regards to the rise within the fee Thursday and why town shouldn’t be utilizing its COVID alert system.
“A brand new variant, new variants, are discovering their method into town. And as they arrive about, we proceed to pivot and shift,” the mayor mentioned. “The colour-coded system was not becoming the brand new wave and the brand new variant, as COVID continued to shift.”
Adams mentioned town is in a secure place in the case of the coronavirus and he’s monitoring hospital capacities and deaths.
