More than 10,000 people in New York City have tested positive for COVID-19, according to state data released Friday. That’s a new record for daily news coverage.
A city-run program continues to help COVID-positive New Yorkers safely isolate themselves to minimize the risk of exposure.
Following last spring’s pandemic, New York City launched the COVID-19 Hotel Room Isolation Program to provide free hotel rooms across New York City for up to 14 days to those who have qualified.
The city’s isolation program extends to New Yorkers who test positive or show symptoms and live with someone who is vulnerable, shares a bathroom, or cannot be more than six feet from someone else.
If you test positive, you need to protect your roommates.
** NYC Offers Free Hotels So People With Covid Can Isolate **
Includes meals, Rx, laundry, WiFi, daily medical check-ins, transportation to / from the hotel, etc.
Register on 311 (9 a.m. to 9 p.m.).
More info: https://t.co/UTUExunVK6
– Mark D. Levine (@MarkLevineNYC) December 18, 2021
The hotel offer also extends to people who have not tested positive for COVID-19 but live with someone who has.
Eligible New Yorkers who wish to isolate themselves can contact 311 or 844-NYC-4NYC (1-8444-692-4692) between 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.
The program, which also provides meals, is free.
New Yorkers who are immunocompromised, 65 years of age or older, who also request home tests. The home testing program expanded to all five boroughs in April and has completed testing in thousands of New York homes.
Interested parties can make appointments by calling 929-298-9400 between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. seven days a week.
