Archive: NYS COVID-19 Resources & Information
2/5/21

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 - 2/5/21  

From Governor Cuomo’s Zoom briefing downstate:

OVERVIEW 

  • Day 342
  • Statewide Positivity rate 4.31%
  • 203,627 Test results reported
  • 153 deaths
  • 7,937 Hospitalizations, down 30
  • 1,516 ICU patients, up 10
  • 1,000 Intubations, up 14
  • Lowest daily positivity rate since Nov. 28th
  • Lowest daily hospitalization rate since Jan. 1st 

HOSPITALIZATIONS BY REGION 

- Finger Lakes: 483 (0.04%)
- Western NY:  377 (0.03%)
- Southern Tier: 232 (0.04%)
- Mid-Hudson: 919 (0.04%)
- Central New York: 182 (0.02%)
- Mohawk Valley:  199 (0.04%)
- Capital Region: 374 (0.03%)
- NYC: 3,598 (0.04%)
- Long Island:  1,382 (0.05%)
- North Country: 91(0.02%) 

POSITIVITY BY REGION 

- Finger Lakes: 3.30%
- Western NY: 4.69%
- Southern Tier: 1.68%
- Mid-Hudson: 5.54%
- Central New York: 2.82%
- Mohawk Valley: 3.63%
- Capital Region: 3.92%
- NYC: 5.08%
- Long Island: 5.56%
- North Country: 5.36%
- Manhattan: 3.36%
- Bronx: 6.67%
- Queens: 5.15%
- Staten Island: %
- Brooklyn 5.37% 

VACCINE 

  • 2,237,678 total doses administered.
  • 99.02% of allocated first doses administered.
  • Vaccine supply is now week-to-week.
  • Vaccine hesitancy is a major obstacle.
  • NYS is making efforts to add mass vaccination sites in high positivity areas in Black and Latino communities and committing to more outreach.
  • Yankee Stadium vaccine site opening today for Bronx residents.
  • Hospital workers are being prioritized.
  • 75% of hospital workers vaccinated but there are still uneven levels of vaccinations among hospitals.
  • Hospitals have one more week to vaccinate their last workers.
  • The State is reallocating the majority of the 1a subgroup allocation to local health departments to vaccinate people with comorbidities beginning February 15.
  • NYS is working with the CDC to establish a comorbidities list for eligibility.
  • Johnson and Johnson filed for emergency use authorization. 

COVID Variants 

  • 15 new variants of interest in NYS.
  • 59 total UK strain cases in NYS.
  • UK strain is up to 70% more transmittable. 

UK Strain Cases by County 

- Niagara County: 1 Case
- Allegany County: 1 Case
- Tompkins County: 4 Cases
- NYC: 18 Cases
- Nassau County: 8 Cases
- Suffolk: 6 Cases
- Westchester: 4 Cases
- Ulster County: 1 Case
- Onondaga County: 1 Case
- Jefferson County: 1 Case
- Essex County: 1 Case
- Warren County: 6 Cases
- Saratoga County: 7 Cases 

FROM THE Q&A 

On whether the governor would consider opening inside dining the weekend before Valentine's day? And whether the 10PM curfew on restaurants/bars can be extended on Superbowl Sunday?

  • The state is following the data so wants to see what the numbers look like on Monday before making a decision.
  • The curfew is in place to prevent extensive gatherings, and they are not considering extending the curfew. 

On what the list of preexisting conditions will include and why prisons are not considered congregate settings?

  • NYS is going to follow the CDC list of preexisting conditions for the next group of eligibility for vaccines.
  • NYS is vaccinating people in prisons in the same method that the rest of NYS is being vaccinated. 

On stopping a NYS resident who teaches in NJ from receiving a vaccine

  • Cuomo had not heard of this specific situation but she should be able to receive a vaccine in NYS and they will look into this situation.