GOVERNOR CUOMO ANNOUNCES STATE TO RECEIVE INITIAL DELIVERY OF COVID-19 VACCINE DOSES FOR 170,000 NEW YORKERS

By CUOMO PRESS OFFICE | December 2, 2020


State Expects to Receive Vaccines December 15 if All Safety and Efficacy Approvals Are Granted

New York Expects to Receive Additional Vaccine Allocations from Pfizer and Moderna This Month

Positive Testing Rate in All Focus Zone Areas is 5.88 Percent; New York State Positivity Outside All Focus Zone Areas is 4.21 Percent  

Statewide Positivity Rate is 4.63 Percent

69 COVID-19 Deaths in New York State Yesterday

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that New York State will receive an initial delivery of enough COVID-19 vaccine doses for 170,000 New Yorkers. If all safety and efficacy approvals are granted by the federal government, the state expects to receive the vaccines—which were created by Pfizer—on December 15. New York State expects additional allocations of vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna later this month.

“As we continue to move through the holiday season, the good news is that there is a light at the end of the tunnel, but unfortunately it is still a ways away and we are now faced with a set of challenges to overcome before we get there. Not only is the number of COVID-19 cases rising virtually everywhere, but they are stemming from a new source, with nearly 70 percent of cases being traced back to households and private gatherings,” Governor Cuomo said. “The federal government has also informed us that New York will be getting its first 170,000 doses of the vaccine in the coming weeks, and while that is certainly welcomed news, the federal vaccination plan not only overlooks the black, brown, and poor communities, but its data sharing provisions will dissuade the undocumented community from getting a vaccination. Winning the war against COVID has to be an inclusive process and only by everyone working together will we be successful. While we continue to fight to make the federal plan more inclusive, effective and fair, New Yorkers need to do their part to help limit the spread.”

The Governor noted that the positive testing rate in all focus areas under the state’s Micro-Cluster strategy is 5.88 percent, and outside the focus zone areas is 4.21 percent. Within the focus areas, 49,027 test results were reported yesterday, yielding 2,882 positives. In the remainder of the state, not counting these focus areas, 144,524 test results were reported, yielding 6,091 positives. Full results for tests reported yesterday, the day prior, the current 7-day rolling average, and last two weeks is below:

 

STATEWIDE 11/8- 11/14 % Positive 11/15- 11/21 % Positive 11/22- 11/28 % Positive Current 7-day rolling average Day Prior (11/30) % Positive Yesterday (12/01) % Positive    
   
   
All focus area statewide % positive 4.81% 4.51% 5.14% 5.75% 6.27% 5.88%    
Statewide % positive with all focus areas included 2.86% 2.89% 3.52% 4.12% 4.96% 4.63%    
Statewide % positive without all focus areas included 2.47% 2.44% 3.02% 3.59% 4.46% 4.21%    

 

Micro-cluster zone 7-day average positivity rates for today, yesterday, the day before, last week, and the week prior is below:

 

FOCUS ZONE 11/8- 11/14 % Positive 11/15- 11/21 % Positive 11/22- 11/28 % Positive Day Prior 7-day Rolling Average Yesterday 7-day Rolling Average Current 7-day Rolling average    
   
   
Erie orange-zone focus area % positive 7.22% 7.30% 7.20% 7.43% 7.77% 7.78%    
Erie Yellow-zone focus area % positive 5.34% 7.36% 6.83% 6.61% 7.73% 8.27%    
Niagara Yellow -zone focus area % positive 5.10% 4.44% 7.35% 7.89% 7.80% 8.07%    
Monroe Orange-zone focus area % positive 4.41% 4.17% 6.59% 7.04% 7.32% 6.94%    
Monroe Yellow-zone focus area % positive 5.95% 3.58% 5.62% 6.44% 6.81% 6.42%    
Onondaga Orange-zone focus area % positive 6.26% 5.34% 6.13% 5.98% 5.91% 5.81%    
Onondaga Yellow-zone focus area % positive 6.03% 4.50% 5.09% 5.13% 5.17% 5.50%    
Queens Kew Garden Hills/Forest Hills/Astoria yellow-zone focus area % positive 3.40% 3.40% 3.61% 3.78% 3.98% 4.23%    
Bronx East Yellow-zone focus area % positive 3.81% 3.52% 4.47% 4.74% 5.00% 5.11%    
Bronx West Yellow-zone focus area % positive 3.80% 4.70% 4.64% 4.81% 5.04% 5.06%    
Brooklyn Yellow-zone focus area % positive 3.92% 3.70% 5.64% 5.73% 6.13% 6.86%    
Rockland Yellow-zone focus area % positive 3.55% 3.39% 3.94% 4.23% 4.52% 4.83%    
Chemung Orange-zone focus area % positive 4.59% 4.71% 6.46% 7.03% 7.28% 6.72%    
Staten Island Orange-zone focus area % positive 5.24% 4.96% 4.75% 5.09% 5.66% 6.10%    
Staten Island Yellow-zone focus area % positive 3.75% 3.61% 4.08% 4.18% 4.55% 4.72%    
Tioga Yellow-zone focus area % positive 10.81% 5.60% 3.10% 3.74% 5.44% 6.15%    
Orange Middletown – Yellow-zone focus area % positive 3.81% 5.41% 3.81% 4.78% 5.28% 6.03%    
Orange Newburgh – Yellow-zone focus area % positive 8.07% 7.89% 8.57% 7.76% 7.30% 7.49%    
Manhattan-Washington Heights-Yellow-zone focus area % positive 3.23% 3.39% 3.40% 3.73% 3.84% 3.91%    
Nassau-Great Neck-Yellow-zone focus area % positive 3.69% 3.69% 3.93% 4.34% 4.39% 4.37%    
Nassau Massapequa Park -Yellow-zone focus area % positive 4.64% 4.15% 5.12% 5.54% 6.14% 5.91%    
Suffolk-Hampton Bays-Yellow-zone focus area % positive 9.26% 5.69% 7.00% 6.68% 6.76% 6.24%    
Suffolk-Riverhead-Yellow-zone focus area % positive 4.80% 4.85% 3.49% 2.87% 2.95% 3.44%    
Westchester Peekskill – Yellow-zone focus area % positive 10.36% 7.15% 7.23% 8.43% 9.55% 9.57%    
Westchester Ossining – Yellow-zone focus area % positive 9.88% 10.22% 9.96% 10.65% 10.03% 9.87%    
Westchester Tarrytown/Sleepy Hollow – Yellow-zone focus area % positive 8.47% 8.27% 7.05% 6.38% 5.55% 4.72%    
Westchester Yonkers – Yellow-zone focus area % positive 4.48% 4.11% 4.84% 5.03% 4.75% 5.05%    
Westchester New Rochelle – Yellow-zone focus area % positive 6.46% 5.68% 5.44% 6.19% 6.51% 6.33%    
Westchester Port Chester Orange-zone focus area % positive 9.34% 7.59% 7.21% 7.91% 8.54% 8.59%    

 

Today’s data is summarized briefly below:

 

  • Patient Hospitalization – 3,924 (+150)
  • Patients Newly Admitted – 627
  • Hospital Counties – 54
  • Number ICU – 742 (+24)
  • Number ICU with Intubation – 373 (+25)
  • Total Discharges – 86,201 (+393)
  • Deaths – 69
  • Total Deaths – 26,889

 

Each region’s percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:

 

REGION SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY CURRENT 7-DAY AVERAGE
Capital Region 3.7% 4.7% 4.7% 3.84%
Central New York 4.2% 5.5% 4.8% 5.12%
Finger Lakes 6.6% 6.4% 5.0% 6.03%
Long Island 4.5% 4.7% 5.5% 4.14%
Mid-Hudson 5.1% 5.3% 5.8% 4.94%
Mohawk Valley 4.6% 5.6% 5.8% 4.60%
New York City 3.9% 4.1% 4.3% 3.34%
North Country 3.0% 4.6% 5.8% 3.18%
Southern Tier 3.8% 4.9% 1.2% 2.39%
Western New York 7.4% 9.0% 6.9% 7.37%

 

Each New York City borough’s percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:

 

BOROUGH SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY CURRENT 7-DAY AVERAGE
Bronx 4.7% 4.7% 4.8% 4.25%
Brooklyn 3.5% 3.9% 4.1% 3.12%
Manhattan 3.1% 2.9% 2.4% 2.20%
Queens 4.2% 4.0% 5.2% 3.72%
Staten Island 5.8% 6.9% 6.3% 5.12%

 

Of the 664,238 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

 

County Total Positive New Positive
Albany 6,138 170
Allegany 1,069 11
Broome 5,551 103
Cattaraugus 1,199 35
Cayuga 930 13
Chautauqua 1,631 22
Chemung 3,140 31
Chenango 652 3
Clinton 488 8
Columbia 1,044 9
Cortland 1,091 9
Delaware 385 10
Dutchess 7,512 158
Erie 26,518 476
Essex 296 7
Franklin 276 5
Fulton 527 9
Genesee 1,114 38
Greene 720 10
Hamilton 49 2
Herkimer 755 24
Jefferson 611 25
Lewis 404 24
Livingston 764 26
Madison 992 29
Monroe 16,588 528
Montgomery 522 12
Nassau 61,988 826
Niagara 4,142 123
NYC 317,746 3,198
Oneida 5,266 182
Onondaga 11,281 286
Ontario 1,390 36
Orange 17,283 208
Orleans 645 11
Oswego 1,742 58
Otsego 660 11
Putnam 2,973 89
Rensselaer 1,837 42
Rockland 22,048 203
Saratoga 2,413 43
Schenectady 2,615 60
Schoharie 212 4
Schuyler 323 3
Seneca 323 3
St. Lawrence 913 39
Steuben 1,865 41
Suffolk 62,647 966
Sullivan 2,220 10
Tioga 1,171 18
Tompkins 1,154 15
Ulster 3,499 65
Warren 603 8
Washington 461 4
Wayne 1,206 31
Westchester 51,790 570
Wyoming 584 20
Yates 272 3

 

Yesterday, 69 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 26,889. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:

 

Deaths by County of Residence
County New Deaths
Albany 3
Bronx 3
Broome 4
Chautauqua 1
Chemung 1
Dutchess 1
Erie 14
Greene 1
Kings 2
Manhattan 1
Monroe 3
Nassau 2
Oneida 2
Onondaga 6
Orange 1
Oswego 1
Queens 6
Rensselaer 1
Richmond 5
Rockland 1
Steuben 2
Suffolk 3
Tompkins 1
Westchester 3
Wyoming 1

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