Prognosis
N.Y. Leads Region’s Covid Hospitalizations as Neighbors See Drop
Healthcare workers transport a patient from an ambulance to a hospital in Brooklyn, New York, on Jan. 4.
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New York leads the U.S. Northeast in people hospitalized with Covid-19, with the numbers mounting even as much of the region has started to get a reprieve.
The Empire State recorded 8,823 people hospitalized with Covid-19, up 3.2% from a week earlier, according to the latest data from Governor Andrew Cuomo. Per million residents, New York has 454 people hospitalized with the virus, the worst rate among nine Northeast states, after pulling ahead of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, Covid Tracking Project and New York state data show.