WNY COVID-19 Cases Up 160%, Here Are Top 7 Zips With Positive Cases

COVID-19 is rampant in Erie County, with positive cases up 160 percent from the previous week, according to the Erie County Department of Health. New cases jumped from 5,108 for the week ending on December 25, 2021, to 13,460 for the week ending January 2, 2022.

20-39-year-olds are driving this surge; these age groups accounted for 43% of all cases reported this period. 30-39 year old age group had the highest 7-day case rate per 100,000 persons (2,704 per 100,000 persons). Weekly positivity for week ending 1/1/2022 = 20%, up from 10.4% the previous week.

7. 14225 (Cheektowaga) - 542

6. 14086 (Lancaster) - 546

5. 14075 (Hamburg) - 590

4. 14150 (Tonawanda) - 626

3. 14224 (West Seneca) - 683

2. 14215 (Buffalo-East) 787

1. 14221 (Amherst/Williamsville/Clarence) - 812

Breakthrough COVID-19 Cases in NYS Have Almost Doubled In Two Weeks

COVID-19 cases among the fully vaccinated are approaching 500,000 and hospitalizations are up almost 4,000. According to the data released by the New York State Health Department as of December 13, 2021, there had been almost 230,000 breakthrough cases,

226,972 laboratory-confirmed breakthrough cases of COVID-19 among fully-vaccinated people in New York State, which corresponds to 1.8% of the population of fully-vaccinated people 12-years or older.

 

12,916 hospitalizations with COVID-19 among fully-vaccinated people in New York State, which corresponds to 0.10% of the population of fully-vaccinated people 12-years or older.

The most recent data provided by the New York State Department of Health, as of December 28, 2021, indicates that in two weeks, COVID-19 cases among the fully vaccinated have almost doubled,

446,895 laboratory-confirmed breakthrough cases of COVID-19 among fully-vaccinated people in New York State, which corresponds to 3.4% of the population of fully-vaccinated people 12-years or older.
16,583 hospitalizations with COVID-19 among fully-vaccinated people in New York State, which corresponds to .12% of the population of fully-vaccinated people 12-years or older.

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