NYC COVID Cases Plateau As Omicron Surge Slows, Hochul Says

NEW YORK CITY — A precipitous upward spike in New York City's daily COVID-19 cases could be at its peak, Gov. Kathy Hochul said.

Hochul said Monday that the state's overall coronavirus positivity has trended downward in the last few days.

New York City, in particular, appears faring better than other state regions, she said.

“Looks like we might be cresting over that peak,” she said.

“As far as NYC, that has been a plateauing in a sense that we hope will continue,” she said.

The recent omicron surge brought an unprecedented near-vertical trajectory in COVID-19 infections day-by-day in the city and state.

Cases in New York City hovered near 50,000 new infections detected a day. Data shows those daily cases started to fall this weekend.

They stood at 47,591 on Jan. 7, but fell to 32,236 by Sunday, data shows.

Hochul said New York City still leads state regions for hospitalizations — they stand near 75 people per 100,000, according to data. But she said downstate areas aren't experiencing major problems so far.

"Downstate, we've done very well in terms of capacity just, again, there's so many more hospitals that are available," she said.