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New York and other north-eastern US states see a rapid fall in Covid cases
(Guardian UK) New York City and some north-eastern US states appear to be seeing rapid decreases in their numbers of Covid-19 cases in recent days, raising the possibility that the Omicron wave has now already peaked in some parts of America.
In New York City the rolling seven-day average of new cases was less than 28,000 a day on 16 January, down from an average of more than 40,000 on 9 January.
Similar patterns were being observed in the state as a whole and other nearby regions.
“The Covid forecast is improving … the Covid clouds are parting,” said Kathy Hochul, the New York governor, in a statement Sunday after releasing figures that showed positivity rates in the state are falling sharply. “Overall, the prognosis, the forecast, for Covid is much brighter than it had been before.” .............(more)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/17/us-coronavirus-cases-decrease-latest
