By Bob Tannenhauser
The Upper West Side shows lower COVID-19 positivity rates for zip codes 10023, 10024, 10025, and 10069 compared to the week ending July 9th, with the Omicron BA.5 and BA.2.12.1 accounting for most of the cases, according to the weekly data reported by the NYC Department of Health on Wednesday. This does not take into account any unreported self-tests.
Average 7-Day COVID Positivity Rates
| Zip Code | 7 days ending 7/23/22 | 7 days Ending 7/9 |
| 10023 | 11.25% | 15.66% |
| 10024 | 10.14% | 14.89% |
| 10025 | 13.56% | 14.3% |
| 10069 | 11.04% | 14.79% |
For New York City, the daily average COVID-19 positivity rate for the seven days ending July 26th was 14.1%, compared to the 7-day daily average ending July 11 of 15.1%. Total average daily cases increased to 4,023 for the 7-day period, up from the 7-day daily average of 3,733 ending July 11th. Daily average hospitalizations increased to 111 from 87, and 7-day daily average deaths increased to 9 from 6.
The CDC alert level is High for NYC, Westchester County, Nassau County and Suffolk County .
Good trend (getting lower); high numbers still. Way too easy to catch this latest version, even if you are vaxed and boosted. Stay safe out there.
The rates dropped probably because lots of people left the city for summer
Everyone I know who has gotten it recently tested with at home tests – including myself! So who knows what the numbers are. Fortunately with 4 vaccines and Paxlovid I was not as sick as I probably would have been in the past.
People are not wearing masks on the subway and buses. It’s one thing if they get themselves sick, but we all know that wearing a mask protects others more than it protects oneself. 🙄
I got Covid today according to the pharmacy that did the test. It won’t be reported of course.
It’s really bad. A sore throat you wouldn’t believe was possible to be so painful. Plus all the other aches and pains associated with it.
I’m not sure why I bothered to have the vacine and the booster …Why wouldn’t they have given us additional boosters?
I hope you feel better soon! The vaccines aren’t very effective at preventing you from getting these new variants but they ARE effective at keeping people out of the hospital and alive when they do get covid. UWSers have high vaccination rates; which is why even though our positive case rate is up quite a bit, our hospital and death rates are not.
https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data.page#maps
And an updated booster tailored for the current variants might be available very soon:
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/07/26/1113615330/reformulated-covid-vaccine-boosters-may-be-available-earlier-than-expected