New York state has set yet another daily case record with 44,431 new positive COVID-19 cases, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Friday. This comes as New Yorkers seek testing in record numbers ahead of the holidays.
This breaks Thursday's record high of 38,835 cases.
Friday's case count is double the positive case count from last Friday (21,908). But testing has increased in the last week, jumping from 290,000 to 360,000.
For comparison, three months ago, New York saw just 5,288 people test positive for COVID-19 statewide.
The governor on Friday also announced new return-to-work guidelines for critical workers who test positive. If a critical worker has tested positive but is vaccinated, they can return to work after five days if they are asymptomatic or no longer have symptoms.
In New York state 95% of adults have had at least one vaccine dose, Hochul said, but she stressed that one dose isn't enough.
-ABC News' Josh Hoyos, Alexandra Faul, Will McDuffie
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