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Hospitalizations and deaths are now steadily rising in the Empire State following the recent surge in COVID-19 cases fueled by the Omicron variant.
But the current numbers are still far below those from the spring of 2020 and many of the people in the hospital with COVID-19 sought treatment for something else and tested positive during intake.
More than 11,100 people are now hospitalized with the virus, according to state data released Thursday, up from 7,919 a week ago.
Hospitalizations have climbed each day in the past seven days,
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