New York Gov. Kathy Hochul examined positive for Covid-19, she introduced Sunday afternoon on Twitter.
“Today I tested positive for COVID-19,” Hochul wrote. “Thankfully, I’m vaccinated and boosted, and I’m asymptomatic. I’ll be isolating and working remotely this week.”
Hochul hung out in New York City final week, showing at an occasion Friday with Gov. Phil Murphy, D-N.J., who examined positive for Covid-19 on the finish of March.
Positive Covid-19 instances have been rising in New York City and the state.
More than 9,900 folks within the state examined positive Saturday, the newest date for which information are publicly out there Thursday had the best variety of positive ends in the state for the reason that finish of January, with 13,902 positive instances reported.
As of Saturday, the state’s seven-day common positivity price was 7.2 %, up from 7 % the earlier week.
Eighty-two % of New York’s whole inhabitants has acquired at the very least one dose of a vaccine within the state, and 74.2 % have been totally vaccinated, in keeping with public information.
Hochul urged New Yorkers to proceed to get vaccinated and take precautions to cease the unfold of Covid-19.
“A reminder to all New Yorkers: get vaccinated and boosted, get tested, and stay home if you don’t feel well,” Hochul tweeted Sunday.