For three straight days, New York State has set single-day positive COVID case records, reporting 22,478 new positive cases across the state on Sunday, Dec. 19. Likewise, COVID positivity rates are spiking in Bushwick and across New York City. 

In the neighborhood’s primary ZIP codes, 11237 and 11221, the positivity rate has risen to roughly 823 new cases per 100,000 residents in the last seven days.

Across the city, the current COVID positivity rate is reminiscent of previous peaks, higher than what it was in both spring 2020 and winter 2021.