New York, New Jersey now have highest COVID-19 infection rates

New York and New Jersey now have the highest rates of COVID-19 infection in the country.

Despite vaccination efforts, New York has not seen a dramatic reduction in infections.

Across the Hudson River in New Jersey, the number of new infections has climbed by 37 percent in a little more than a month, to about 23,600 every seven days.

In New York, Orange and Rockland counties are seeing the highest positivity rates - 6.7 percent and 6.2 percent, respectively, state Department of Health data shows.

The highest number of new infections recorded in New York on Saturday was in Queens and Brooklyn, which saw 1,661 and 1,547 new cases, respectively.

The alarming trend comes even as New York continues to relax coronavirus restrictions.

New variants of the virus showing up in New York and New Jersey could be part of the problem, experts said.

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