NEW YORK (WBEN) -- More than 15 percent of New York state residents have now gotten at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday.
As of Tuesday, 15.2 percent of New Yorkers had received their first shots, with more than 3 million doses administered, Cuomo said in a press release.
"With the New York State Vaccine Taskforce unanimously recommending the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine, we are one more step closer toward eradicating COVID from every corner of our state," he said in a statement.
"I'm confident that we will continue to see increases to our weekly allocation and in turn get even more shots in arms quickly and fairly, but it will take time," he added. "I urge all qualifying New Yorkers to make an appointment and get the vaccine when their turn comes, and to continue to wear a mask and social distance even after being fully vaccinated."
New York state reported 82 COVID-19-related fatalities on Tuesday, bringing its death toll to 38,660, Cuomo said.
Ten of the 82 New Yorkers who died lived in the Bronx; 13 lived in Brooklyn; four lived in Manhattan; seven lived in Nassau County; one lived in Orange County; 22 lived in Queens; one lived on Staten Island; nine lived in Suffolk County; and four lived in Westchester County.
Of the 128,034 COVID-19 test results that came back in New York on Monday, 5,800, or 4.53 percent, were positive, he said.
As of Monday, 5,369 New Yorkers were hospitalized with COVID-19, 1,076 of whom were in intensive care and 747 of whom were on ventilators.
Breakdowns of COVID-19 statistics by region are below:
