The unprecedented infectiousness of XBB.1.5 prompted renewed calls for public caution from NYC health officials, who announced the latest omicron descendant now accounts for nearly three-quarters of all coronavirus circulating across the five boroughs.
Data from the New York City health department, which varies slightly from the state's due to reporting and other factors, fits with the apparent trend. The rolling case average overall hit a recent spike in December, but COVID hospitalizations and deaths notched more recent highs .
By comparison, the death rate in Queens is down 5.36% and cases are up just 2.87%. Testing in the borough is up 8.93%. Brooklyn also is seeing a downward trend in weekly death rates as well as in cases while testing is up 7.03%. The Bronx is seeing its weekly case rate rise but its death rate drop – and COVID testing is up 12.19% over the last seven days on a per 100,000 basis.
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