NEW YORK, March 6 (Xinhua) – The number of hospitalizations due to COVID-19 in New York state fell below 5,000 for the first time in several months, and reached 4,954 on Friday, from 5,034 a day earlier, the lowest number since Dec. 7, Governor Andrew Cuomo tweeted on Saturday.
Meanwhile, the single-day COVID-19 test positivity rate fell to 2.80% on Friday, from 3.02% on Thursday, the lowest rate since November 21, the governor said, adding that there had been 78 deaths from COVID-19 in the state on Friday, up from 94 a day earlier.
“Protecting New Yorkers and saving lives has always been our top priority, and we are seeing significant progress in reducing the spread of COVID while vaccinating residents as quickly as possible,” the governor said in an official statement. .
“As the number of COVID cases decreases, we have been able to slowly open the floodgates and allow economic activity to increase, but we still have a lot of work to do to defeat this monster once and for all. Our vaccine distribution network is equipped to handle far more vaccine than the state is currently receiving, and there is no doubt that we will be able to ramp up vaccination when the supply increases. It is also essential that we continue to deliver the vaccine. vaccine available to all New Yorkers, “he continued.
“We are going through this pandemic together, but we need everyone to continue to take it seriously and to remain vigilant,” he concluded.
On Saturday noon, the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University reported 48,187 deaths in New York State, the second worst-affected state in the country after California where 53,854 people have found the death.
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