The omicron variant outbreak of COVID-19 in New York City is growing so quickly, 2% of all Manhattan residents were infected in just the last week.
Summary
- As the omicron variant of COVID-19 continues to spread out of control in New York City, transmission rates are soaring, with 2% of all Manhattan residents infected in the last week and nearing that level in the other boroughs.
- About 2,012 of every 100,000 Manhattan residents tested positive in the last seven days, according to the latest transmission data posted by the city.
- The Chelsea and Clinton neighborhoods now stand at 2,600 cases per 100,000 residents in the last week; the Gramercy Park area is at 2,325.
- At 2,600 cases per 100,000 residents, Chelsea may be one of the most infected places in the country.
- As of Sunday the 7-day average of positive tests for city residents was 19.97%, an astronomical figure without recent precedent.