{"id":393875,"date":"2022-01-14T07:53:33","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T04:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nearly-all-covid-patients-in-nyc-had-omicron-around-christmas\/"},"modified":"2022-01-14T07:53:33","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T04:53:33","slug":"nearly-all-covid-patients-in-nyc-had-omicron-around-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nearly-all-covid-patients-in-nyc-had-omicron-around-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"#Nearly all COVID patients in NYC had Omicron around Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Nearly all COVID patients in NYC had Omicron around Christmas<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cNearly all\u201d Christmastime COVID-19 patients in New York City were infected with the Omicron variant, according to the city Department of Health.<\/p>\n<p>An analysis of city data for the week ending in Dec. 25 found the highly transmissible variant was present in 90 percent of samples collected in the five boroughs, officials said Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Omicron spread about four times faster than the Delta variant and was the dominant strain in the city just five weeks after it was detected, the health department found.<\/p>\n<p>There was encouraging <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> about the severity of the strain: Omicron patients were less than half as likely to require hospitalization than Delta patients, and fully vaccinated patients were eight times less likely to be hospitalized with the latest variant, according to the report.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/nyc-omicron-741.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Woman gets COVID-19 test\" class=\"wp-image-20831677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/nyc-omicron-741.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/nyc-omicron-741.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/nyc-omicron-741.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>During the holiday season many people contracted the Omicron variant. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Stefan Jeremiah<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/nyc-omicron-743.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"People standing in line for COVID-19 test\" class=\"wp-image-20831679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/nyc-omicron-743.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/nyc-omicron-743.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/nyc-omicron-743.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>COVID-19 Omicron variant was present in 90 percent of test samples.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">STEFAN JEREMIAH<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But there were a higher number of Omicron patients in the hospital over the holidays because the city\u2019s caseload was soaring to all-time highs, the department noted.<\/p>\n<p>The unvaccinated, people over 75, and black New Yorkers were most likely to be hospitalized with Omicron, officials said \u2014 as they explained that \u201clong-term structural racism\u201d was to blame for the racial disparity.<\/p>\n<p>Children who had not received a COVID-19 shot were also \u201csignificantly\u201d more likely to require medical attention than their inoculated peers, the report said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/nyc-omicron-742.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Child receives vaccine shot\" class=\"wp-image-20831678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/nyc-omicron-742.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/nyc-omicron-742.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/nyc-omicron-742.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Vaccinated patients were eight times less likely to be hospitalized for the Omicron variant. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The seven-day average of cases in New York City was decreasing with 28,507 cases a day recorded this week, down from over 42,000 in the first days of the new year, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www1.nyc.gov\/site\/doh\/covid\/covid-19-data.page#daily\">data showed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There were 626 COVID-19 hospitalizations a day and 75 deaths in the city, according to the most recent data.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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