New York: In the US state of New York, more than 21,000 cases of corona virus infection were reported in a day, which is the highest daily number of cases in the country so far. About half of the infections were reported in New York City, where queues are getting longer outside testing centers and many Christmas organizers are canceling events because their members were infected.
Dr. Dennis Nash, executive director of the ‘Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health’ at City University of New York, said that the rapid increase in infections should be a matter of great concern, but due to the rapid spread of infection of the Omicron form. It was.” Nash said, “We are dealing with the problem of rapidly increasing cases of infection in the winter due to the delta and that in itself is a matter of concern.”
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He said, “After this there is a new oomicron form, which is more contagious from the point of view of infection.” He said that existing vaccines may be unable to prevent the new form. Out of the cases of infection reported in the state, about 10,300 cases were reported in the city.
In New York state, an average of 13,257 people were found infected daily for the seven-day period ended Thursday. This is 71 percent more than the last two weeks. Earlier, the state had reported the highest daily cases on January 14, 2021, when around 20,000 people were found infected. (agency)