Coronavirus cases continue to surge in New York City but the hospital situation is pretty good. Latest daily figures show nearly 11 thousand cases, an all time high. However, head of the city’s public hospital system Dr. Mitchell Katz says most are not ending up in the hospital.
“Cases, huge increase, ICU tiny increase, people in the middle needing hospitalization, mild increase.”
He says it appears omicron is more mild for vaccinated folks but not enough data is in for the unvaccinated. Meanwhile, the city’s public hospitals are now banning most visitors because of the coronavirus surge. There are a few exceptions including women giving birth.