Nearly 22,000 COVID-19 cases reported in New York Friday; NYC feels impact of surge
Gov. Kathy Hochul said nearly 22,000 new COVID-19 cases were reported throughout New York on Friday— the highest number seen on a single day since the start of the pandemic.
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Dec 19, 2021, 2:54 PM
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332ds agoGov. Kathy Hochul
said nearly 22,000 new COVID-19 cases were reported throughout New York on
Friday— the highest number seen on a single day since the start of the
pandemic.
On Saturday, New
York City alone reported over 5,000 new cases of the virus and over 200
hospitalizations.
The
surge caused “Saturday Night Live” to go on
with no studio audience and with only a limited number of cast and crew for its
last show of the year.
Multiple Broadway
shows were also canceled because of the increase in cases.
On Friday, the
Radio City Rockettes ended their Christmas Spectacular performances for the
remainder of the year due to the outbreak.
Local restaurants
also feeling the impact, as recent reports say several around the city have
closed their doors due to the spike.
New York has seen
the highest number of new cases out of any state in the past week, according to
data out of Johns Hopkins University.
With the holidays approaching, local officials
and health care workers continue to emphasize the importance of vaccination and
frequent testing.
Hochul announced
Saturday that 40 new pop-up sites will open across the state, including
multiple in the Bronx and Brooklyn in the coming days.
For more
information on these pop-up sites, click
here.
