New York might be nearing the end of its Omicron surge despite record worldwide COVID-19 case numbers, according to experts and various health agencies. 

The Empire State is “already seeing signs of a top in terms of cases,” former FDA Commissioner and Pfizer board member Scott Gottlieb said on CNBC Thursday. “In the large metropolitan areas you’re going to see a peak get put in the next couple weeks, and in the parts of the country that were hit first, like New York, like Florida, like the mid-Atlantic, probably as early as this week.”

Gottlieb’s prediction is based on data from South Africa and the United Kingdom showing that Omicron waves hit hard and fast but don’t seem to linger.

Still, New York reported 77,859 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday and a 22.31 percent positivity rate. The day before the state reported 53,276 positive cases.

But the encouraging news for New Yorkers comes as 9.5 million COVID-19 cases were recorded globally over the last week — a 71 percent increase from the previous week — in what the World Health Organization called a “tsunami” of COVID.

“Last week, the highest number of COVID-19 cases were reported so far in the pandemic,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, according to the Associated Press.

The recent Omicron surge is not creating the same amount of deaths seen in previous waves, but that “does not mean it should be categorized as mild,” Tedros said.

“Just like previous variants, Omicron is hospitalizing people, and it’s killing people,” the WHO boss said. The UN-backed organization also said it doubts Omicron will be the last COVID variant the world will encounter.

In the US, Gottlieb says Omicron will “work through other parts of the country more slowly,” as some regions that have yet to face a massive surge from the variant. He predicts the country is “going to be through” Omicron by mid-February.

And even in regions where the numbers haven’t rapidly accelerated, everyone around the country is feeling the effects of the variant.

More than 1,000 US flight were canceled for the 12th straight day Thursday, as airlines deal with constant disruptions.

In Chicago, the teachers union voted late Tuesday to move to remote instruction, and similar pressure is mounting in New York City.

Chase Bank had to shutter more than three dozen branches in the city this week amid Omicron-related staffing shortages.