Here Is The UWS COVID Rate As Holiday Season Fully Arrives

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — With lots of people traveling on the Upper West Side this weekend for Christmas, Hanukkah, New Year's Eve, and other holidays, it felt like a good time to check in on where the COVID-19 rate stood in the neighborhood.

After the COVID rate jumped citywide during the last week of November, the percent positivity has leveled off for the majority of December.

The seven-day average across the city is 14.2 percent, according to the most recently available data.

Here is how that compares to the seven-day average within Upper West Side three ZIP codes from Dec. 13 to 19, according to the city.

10025: Manhattan Valley

• Positivity Rate: 11.68 percent
• New Positives: 158
• Total Tested: 1,353

10024: Upper West Side

• Positivity Rate: 12.44 percent
• New Positives: 96
• Total Tested: 772

10023: Lincoln Center

• Positivity Rate: 13.21 percent
• New Positives: 102
• Total Tested: 772

That means the Upper West Side's average COVID rate for the seven most recently available days was 12.44 percent. The local rate is 1.75 percent lower than the citywide average.

To put that into more context, the Financial District currently has the highest COVID rate during that period in the five boroughs at a staggering 31.03 percent. That number is skewed slightly, though, given the ZIP code's small size, with just nine new positives producing the 31 percent rate.

On the other end of the spectrum, Borough Park in Brooklyn has the lowest positivity rate in the city at 2.32 percent.

You can check out the trends and data for yourself on the city's COVID dedicated website.