NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – More than 3.5 million New Yorkers have received their first COVID-19 vaccine dose as the state's hospitalizations and positivity rate continue to decline, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday.
As of Saturday morning, the state had administered 96% of first doses delivered so far. The state has received 3,676,500 first doses and administered 3,517,416.
In all, the state has received 5,932,415 first and second doses and administered 5,342,262 of those, Cuomo said.
"With more than 3.5 million New Yorkers having now received at least one shot of the vaccine, our team is on the ground working with local leaders to make the vaccine accessible to all New Yorkers so we can get even more shots into people's arms," Cuomo said in a statement.
On Saturday, the state reported its lowest number of hospitalizations since Dec. 7 at 4,954 patients. It's the first time that total hospitalizations have dropped below 5,000 patients since Dec. 8.
The number of patients in intensive care also declined by 18 to 1,012, while the number of intubated patients fell by 6 to 694.
The state reported another 7,647 positive cases on Friday out of 273,132 tests reported, Cuomo said.
The state's single-day positivity rate was 2.80%, while the seven-day positivity rate was 3.15%.
The state reported another 78 deaths, bringing the pandemic death toll to 38,970, according to state data.
New York City saw another 4,079 cases on Friday, according to state data. It's seven-day positivity rate remained at 3.94%, the same as Thursday.
Mayor Bill de Blasio, citing city data, which differs from state data, said there were 2,325 new cases in the five boroughs and that the seven-day positivity rate was 6.34%.
