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COVID-19 hospitalizations rate (per 100,000 admissions) (CY)
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COVID-19 hospitalization rates fell steadily and substantially from 2022 through 2025. The Health Department attributes the decline to growing population immunity from vaccination and prior infection, along with shifts in circulating COVID-19 variants that caused less severe illness.
Researched July 15, 2026 — DOHMH, Fiscal 2025 Mayor's Management Report
* Year to date — this fiscal year isn't complete, so it's not compared against prior years in the target/trend status above.
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| Fiscal year | Actual |
|---|---|
| FY22 | 632.4 |
| FY23 | 602 |
| FY24 | 214.7 |
| FY25 | 165.5 |
| FY26 (YTD) | Not available |
Why this is tracked
A privately organized 1865 survey of sanitary conditions across Manhattan's wards, prompted by fears of an approaching cholera epidemic, built the public support that led the state legislature to create New York's Metropolitan Board of Health in February 1866 -- the first municipal public health authority in the United States. When cholera arrived that spring, the Board's aggressive house-to-house inspections, quarantines, and sanitation orders kept New York's death toll well below that of other major American cities. DOHMH's modern disease-surveillance and control work is a direct descendant of that founding mission.
Metropolitan Board of Health - Wikipedia, New York Academy of Medicine - Cholera Comes to New York City
Source: Bureau of Communicable Disease — via NYC Open Data: Mayor's Management Report, Agency Performance Indicators
Coverage shown: FY22–FY26, reported annually.
Definition: The number of admissions per 100,000 to a NYC hospital from 14 days before to 3 days after COVID-19 diagnosis. This data is reported by calendar year, not fiscal year. The MMR reports data from the previous calendar year (i.e. FY24 = CY23). Because of this, MMR data through June FY24 accounts for CY23 data through December.