Archive: NYS COVID-19 Resources & Information
2/10/21

In the rapidly changing dynamics of combating the Coronavirus, information is updated constantly. This archive is being provided as an additional resource for those seeking to learn more about how New York State is addressing COVID-19.

LATEST NEWS & INFORMATION - 2/10/21  

From Governor Cuomo’s most recent Zoom briefing:

OVERVIEW 

  • Day 347
  • Statewide Positivity rate 4.02%
  • 176,750 Test results reported
  • 136 deaths
  • 7,593 Hospitalizations, down 282
  • 1,423 ICU patients, up 11
  • 955 Intubations, down 16 

HOSPITALIZATIONS REGION 

- Finger Lakes: 364 (0.03%)
- Western NY: 338 (0.02%)
- Southern Tier: 206 (0.03%)
- Mid-Hudson: 828 (0.04%)
- Central New York: 173 (0.02%)
- Mohawk Valley: 166 (0.03%)
- Capital Region: 313 (0.03%)
- NYC: 3,797 (0.04%)
- Long Island: 1,327 (0.05%)
- North Country:  81 (0.02%) 

POSITIVITY BY REGION 

- Finger Lakes: 2.82%
- Western NY: 4.04%
- Southern Tier: 1.15%
- Mid-Hudson: 5.28%
- Central New York: 1.85%
- Mohawk Valley: 2.88%
- Capital Region: 3.32%
- NYC: 5.08%
- Long Island: 5.29%
- North Country: 4.45%
- Manhattan: 3.21%
- Bronx: 6.74%
- Queens: 5.14%
- Staten Island: 4.85%
- Brooklyn 5.35%  

Cuomo stated that COVID has exposed failures in public health:

  • COVID killed Black people at twice the rate of White people and Hispanic people at 1.5 times the rate of White people.
  • "American Rescue Plan" must consider all Americans and consider structural racism and discrimination. 

New Mass Vaccination Sites

  • Federal/state partnership to open mass vaccination sites for socially vulnerable communities in NYC and upstate.
  • New mass vaccination sites in Brooklyn and Queens are set to open the week of Feb 24th and Upstate sites will follow.
  • These vaccination sites will receive special federal dosage allocations and will be a joint state and federal effort.
  • Representatives from the NYS Health Equity Task Force also made statements about the importance of equity in the vaccine roll-out.  

VACCINE 

2.6 million total doses administered.
93% of allocated first doses administered.
Vaccine supply is now week-to-week, but the White House announced an additional 5% increase in supply and 3 week allocations. 

“Reimagine / Rebuild / Renew” 

  • Governor said the state will be using the Buffalo Bills Game Testing model to reopen large stadiums and arenas.
  • Starting February 23rd Arena re-openings will start with DOH approval for venues and events.
  • Events will be at 10% capacity.
  • Negative PCR tests will be required within 72 hours of the event.
  • Barclays Center in Brooklyn is approved to reopen on Feb 23rd for Brooklyn Nets game. 

FROM THE Q&A 

On what needs to happen to increase vaccine access in Queens:

  • The mass vaccination site in Jamaica Queens will conduct 3,000 vaccinations a day for Queens residents. 

On what it will take to get people who are hesitant to take the vaccine:

  • This is a national challenge and the state is working with community leaders and community members to communicate with people on the importance of the vaccine. 

On whether tax increases are off the table for the governor if the state receives most of or all of the $15 billion requested from federal state and local aid funding:

  • The state needs all $15 billion for COVID relief. 

On what happens when arenas reopen for events at locations where there are mass vaccination sites:

  • Will work with the sites to ensure that vaccinations continue alongside the arena's schedule. 

On whether the state will be doing anything else to ensure that members of the black and brown community will be prioritized at new mass vaccination sites:

  • The location alone of the sites will help to prioritize certain target communities.