New York City health officials on Monday urged providers to give a COVID-19 booster shot to anyone who is 18 or older as New York state has experienced a statewide spike in cases for the past two weeks.www.newsweek.comNYC health officials urge COVID boosters for everyone amid statewide spike in casesAs of Sunday, New York state has averaged 5,282 new COVID-19 cases per day over the past seven days. Infections have increased 40% since Halloween.