West Village Goes From Top To Bottom In NYC COVID Positivity Rate

Gus Saltonstall
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WEST VILLAGE, NY — When the omicron surge first came tearing through New York City, there was no area that saw a bigger jump in cases than Lower Manhattan. At the top of that list, the ZIP code containing the West Village suddenly registered the highest seven-day COVID positivity number in the five boroughs.

The 15.09 percent positivity rate in the West Village from Dec. 12 through 18 was the highest of 180 ZIP codes in New York City.

Almost exactly a month later, Patch wanted to check back in on where the West Village COVID rate stood, and how it compares to the rest of the city.

10014: West Village/Meatpacking District

  • Jan. 14 through 20

  • 10.43 percent positivity

  • 138 new cases

  • 729 median daily test rate per 100,000

The West Village positivity rate isn't anywhere close to the highest currently being registered in the city, in fact, it's much nearer to the lowest.

The 10.43 percent positivity number ranks as the 28th lowest rate of the 180 ZIP codes in the city — or the 152nd highest of any area in the five boroughs.

To give context, the Financial District currently records the lowest seven-day COVID rate in the city at 6.39 percent and Flushing has the highest rate at 26.53 percent.

None of the 75 ZIP codes with the highest COVID rates currently in New York City are in Manhattan, according to data from the city.

At the beginning of the omicron surge in mid-December, Lower Manhattan was posting the highest COVID rates in the city for the first time at any point during the pandemic.

Greenwich Village made up three of the five highest ZIP code positivity rates in NYC during the period.

Upper Manhattan, in particular Harlem, then began to post higher rates near the end of December, along with communities in the Bronx and Queens beginning to pass Manhattan areas for the highest positivity rates in NYC.

Those trends have continued through January.

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This article originally appeared on the West Village Patch