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Some hospital emergency rooms and psychiatric units are already strained – as are the community programs that are supposed to support people upon release.

Amid the spike in calls over fevers and coughs, 30% of the city’s emergency medical services staff were out sick as of Wednesday.

Unvaccinated children make up the majority of pediatric COVID patients admitted in the last week amid concerns about school safety and testing protocols.

It’s a sign COVID vaccines are still working even as the Delta variant has taken off.

Here’s some good COVID news.

Total COVID-19 hospitalizations in New Jersey are hovering above 2,000 and climbing with 300 admissions per day. NYC is experiencing about 150 per day, and this number is shrinking.

The contrast between the city’s declining cases and its flat test positivity speaks to the importance of judging an outbreak by more than one disease metric.

The two meats are the biggest culprits in hospital visits from foodborne illness while ham, sausage and other processed meats are relatively safe.