COVID-19 cases in the Big Apple are spiking as the Delta variant spreads — but so far it’s sending relatively few New Yorkers to the hospital.
As of Sunday, city show a seven-day average of hospitalizations in the five boroughs at 29 — while the seven-day average for new cases stood at 976.
Health e🌊xperts said nearly all of the new cases are among non-vaccinated Neꦯw Yorkers.
“Despite the widespread existence of Delta, I don’t think we’re going to see the kind of hospitalization rates that we’ve had before,” Dr. Jessica Justman, an associate professor of epidemiology at Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, .
“I do think that the vaccines are going to keep a lot of people protected from severe illness, hospitalizations and death,” Justman said. “If we didn’t have a vaccine, we would be seeing a much bigger increase in hospitalizations.”
Approximately 65 percent of adult New Yorkers are fully 🧔vaccinated, city records show.
According to﷽ a review by The City, the five boroughs have seen a 238🎃-percent increase in new cases since July 1, as the highly contagious variant invades the city.
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By comparison, the number of new cases in November, when an earlier COVID wave hit t⛦he 𝕴city, rose by 180 percent and hospitalizations by 129 percent.
Pockets of the city, pr🀅imarily Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn, including Canarsie, have seen a larger growth in new cases, the outlet sai൲d.
In Canarsie and Great Kills, just 36 per൲cent of residents are vaccinated, well below the city average, accor🍨ding to The City.
Mayor Bill de Blasio has ramped up vaccination efforts in the city, even announcing a 🐷$100 reward for residents who get inoculated.
Earlier this week, the mayor expanded the city’s vaccination mandate to cover the entire city workforce🍬 amiꦚd the spread of Delta.
A report by The Post this week found that less than half of staff⛄ers at city agencies have been fully vaccinated against coronavirus.