Holiday spirit glimmers as New York endures another pandemic Christmas

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and has infected tens of thousands of people, ruining countless plans for a normal Christmas.

On Friday , New York state reported 44,431 new virus cases out of about 360,000 people tested, an increase of nearly 5,600 new cases day over day and the highest single-day figure since the pandemic began. A great number of those were in New York City.

Ms Sachs was just one of many who waited for hours this week, hoping for an answer that could make the difference between the warmth of a holiday with family or one more special occasion cancelled - while understanding that the pandemic has done much more serious harm. Candace Forbes and her partner with their children, wait to get tested for Covid-19 at a mobile testing site in New York on Dec 23, 2021. PHOTO: NYTIMES

In New York City alone, hospitalisations of children linked to the virus had risen"fourfold", the advisory said. The health department did not provide total numbers of paediatric hospitalisations, but the upward trend mirrored reports of a growing number of coronavirus cases among children in South Africa after theThe rising number of cases overseas further complicated a travel landscape, threatening to unravel hoped-for holiday visits.

On 18th Avenue at 65th Street in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, a line began to form two hours before distribution began. It would later wrap around the block.

 

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