New York City is scaling back on COVID-19 testing sites despite omicron subvariants that are driving a nationwide rise in new cases and hospitalization rates
as public attention to the virus fades, according to its website. Meanwhile, the rate of positive results to total tests, an indicator of the speed of spread, rose to 15.4% this week, about four times what it was in April.
“New York City and its Test & Trace Corps operate over 300 testing sites per day, including over 110 mobile testing sites and over 200 at-home test distribution sites,” a city hall spokesperson said in a statement. “Our shift to mobile testing and at-home test distribution dramatically expands the number of sites available for New Yorkers to get tested, ensuring that fast, flexible, no-cost COVID-19 testing is available to all New Yorkers.
Earlier this month, the Adams administration ended its use of a color-coded Covid alert system it implemented after he took office in January.
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