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Current NYS COVID-19 Trends

CDC Covid-19 Data Tracker: New York State
CDC | Data as of: March 2, 2024 | Posted: March 8, 2024
COVID-19 Trends Week Ending March 2, 2024
COVID-19 Hospitalizations (past week) 914 
COVID-19 Hospitalizations Per 100,000 (past week) 4.7
COVID-19 Deaths (past week) 57 ↓
% of COVID-19 Deaths (past week) 2.3% ↓
% of ED Visits Diagnosed with COVID-19 (past week) 0.73% 
CDC Covid-19 Data Tracker Update

As of May 11, 2023, COVID-19 Community Levels (CCLs) and COVID-19 Community Transmission Levels are no longer calculatable. The associated visualizations have been removed from COVID Data Tracker. The “COVID-19 Integrated County View” tab has been renamed “COVID-19 Vaccinations by County.”

New York State Wastewater Surveillance Network

The NYS Wastewater Surveillance Network is a collaboration between Syracuse University, SUNY-ESF, University at Buffalo - SUNY, Stony Brook University, Upstate Medical University, NYS Department of Health, and NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. This website is where all the wastewater surveillance data collected by participating counties is reported. You can view data in the interactive map and graphs below for all current and past participants.

Statewide Summary

Last Updated: February 20, 2024

Participating Counties 62
Population Covered 15,374,303
Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTP) Enrolled 203
Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTP) with Recent Data 174
Samples Collected in the last 15 days 541
Samples Sequenced in the last 40 days 431
New York State Wastewater Surveillance Data

Last Updated: February 20, 2024  |  Data From: Jan 31, 2024 to Feb 15, 2024

Detection Level Category Number of Sites Percent of Sites Category Change Last 15-days
Low 2 1% 0%
Moderate 23 13% +156%
High (< 25%) 37 21% +37%
High (25-50%) 42 24% +40%
High (50-75%) 37 21% +12%
High (75-100%) 34 19% -38%
Total sites with current data: 175
Total number of wastewater sampling sites: 207
Wastewater Treatment Plant SARS-CoV-2 Detection Levels Map

Last Updated: February 20, 2024  |  Data From: Jan 31, 2024 to Feb 15, 2024

NYS Circulating COVID-19 Variants

CDC NOWCAST: Variant Proportions in HHS Region 2

As of May 11, genomic surveillance data will be reported biweekly, based on the availability of positive test specimens. You can find archived genomic surveillance data at data.cdc.gov. The CDC provides updated variant proportions for weighted estimates and Nowcast estimates every other week on Friday.

HHS Region 2: New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, & Virgin Islands | Last Updated: February 16, 2024

About the CDC's Variant Monitoring Data

CDC provides estimates of variant proportions in two ways: weighted estimates and Nowcast estimates.

Weighted estimates (provided for all weeks except the most recent three weeks) are variant proportions that are based on empirical (observed) genomic sequencing data. These estimates are not available for the most recent weeks because of the time it takes to generate the unweighted data, including sample collection, specimen treatment, shipping, analysis, and upload into public databases.

Nowcast estimates (provided for the most recent three weeks when the "Nowcast on" option is selected below) are model-based projections of variant proportions for the most recent weeks to enable timely public health action. CDC uses the Nowcast to forecast variant proportions before the weighted estimates are available for a given week.

CDC provides updated variant proportions for weighted estimates and Nowcast estimates every other week on Friday.

 
Sublineages with less than 1% of all circulating variants
  • Sublineages with estimates less than 1% of all circulating variants are combined with their parent lineage.
  • When the weighted estimate of a sublineage crosses the 1% threshold and has substitutions in the spike protein that could affect vaccine efficacy, transmission, or severity, it may be separated from its parent lineage and displayed on its own in the variant proportions data.
  • Nowcast estimates for the parent sublineage include projected changes in its child sublineages until a sublineage's weighted estimate crosses the 1% threshold. Once the weighted estimate crosses the 1% threshold, the initial Nowcast estimate for the sublineage may be substantially higher than 1%.
New York State Wastewater Surveillance Network

The NYS Wastewater Surveillance Network is a collaboration between Syracuse University, SUNY-ESF, University at Buffalo - SUNY, Stony Brook University, Upstate Medical University, NYS Department of Health, and NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. This website is where all the wastewater surveillance data collected by participating counties is reported. You can view data in the interactive map and graphs below for all current and past participants.

New York State Wastewater: Dominant Lineages
Lineage Data: Dec 19, 2023 to Jan 28, 2024

Lineages that are dominant at a sampling site have the highest prevalence in that sample and represent the majority of genetic material detected.

Lineage # Sites Where Lineage was Dominant in Previous Sampling Period # Sites Where Lineage was Dominant in Current Sampling Period Percent of Sites Category Change since Previous Sampling Period
BA.2.86 2 1 1% -50%
EG.5 0 6 3% NA
GE.1 0 1 1% NA
HV.1 1 3 2% +200%
JN.1 86 144 78% +67%
XBB.1.16.11 1 0 0% -100%
XBB.1.16.6 0 1 1% NA
XBB.1.5 1 1 1% 0%
XBB.1.9.1 0 1 1% NA
Other 0 2 1% NA
No SARS-CoV-2 Detected 0 1 1% NA
No Sequencing Data 69 23 12% -67%
Total sites with current data: 160
Total number of wastewater sampling sites: 207
Current sequence data sample period: Jan 21, 2024 to Jan 28, 2024
Previous sequence data sample period: Jan 14, 2024 to Jan 21, 2024