New York hospitalization rates are slowly rising amid holiday spike in COVID-19 cases

By Isabel Song Beer Posted on January 7, 2022

January 7, 2022 – New York, NY – Governor Kathy Hochul Holds a COVID-19 Briefing. (Don Pollard/Office of Governor Kathy Hochul)

Governor Kathy Hochul held a press conference Jan. 7 addressing the recent COVID-19 surge caused by the Omicron variant, reiterating the precautionary measures she has put in place to protect New York residents as well as updating the public on COVID related developments.

“Before the holidays, we predicted a spike in cases and we got that spike in cases,” Hochul said. “Every day that we can flatten that, is going to be a good day.”