The XBB.1.5 variant is the most transmissible version of COVID yet, and the World Health Organization is concerned about how quickly it's spreading in New York.
COVID positivity rates in parts of New York City are now over 30%, as the most transmissible variant of the virus yet rages through the region,The rolling seven-day positivity rate in Brooklyn's East Flatbush section is up to 30.43%, according to the latest city data. And other boroughs are nearly as bad - positivity rates top 27% in the Astoria section of Queens and 22% in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan.
The rolling hospitalization rates haven't shifted as dramatically, a testament to the power of vaccination, health officials say, though certain neighborhoods in the Bronx and Brooklyn, along with East Harlem in Manhattan, have seen more fluctuation in recent weeks. Hospitalization data from the city lags, which affects the comparison with positivity.
As one top WHO official said this week,"The more this virus circulates, the more opportunity it has to change."
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