NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- More than one in three New York state residents have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday.
As of Thursday afternoon, 35.1 percent of New Yorkers had gotten at least one vaccine shot, Cuomo said in a press release. A total of 22.3 percent of New Yorkers, meanwhile, were fully vaccinated, the governor said.
The state has administered more than 11 million COVID-19 vaccine doses since the rollout began, including more than 1.4 million within the past week, the release said.
In New York City, 3,155,554 people had gotten at least one vaccine dose as of Thursday, while 2,027,627 were fully vaccinated, the release noted.
“Every New Yorker who is 16 and older is now eligible to get their shot, but eligibility is not the same as accessibility, and we remain committed to bringing the vaccine to every community in our state and working with local leaders to make it clear that the vaccine is safe, effective and necessary,” Cuomo said in a statement.
“Every shot brings us one step closer to the light at the end of the tunnel, and that is why it is so important everybody gets vaccinated,” he added.
