NY is the state with the most deaths registered by the covid-19 in U.S. After the application of the vaccine against him SARS-CoV-2, authorities have reported that the 83 percent of doses they have been administered, so they asked for a greater endowment this Saturday, to meet the demand derived from its large population.
“We are in a race to put the vaccinations (…) as soon and fairly as possible. However, we have seven million new yorkers competing for a fraction of the doses that the federal government has made available, “said the state governor, Andrew Cuomo, it’s a statement.
So far, the hospitals and vaccination centers massive have administered between the health personnel, essential and old people nail 770 thousand doses, the vast majority as part of the first inoculation, but the “appointments have been filled quickly” for the next 14 weeks.
Only in the last 24 hours, Cuomo noted, the state has put more than 73 thousand doses, but this week the federal government It plans to distribute 250 thousand doses while the previous one was 300 thousand.
NY, which like the rest of I are seeing their numbers increase infected, hospitalized and deceased, has deployed a vaccine administration network complementary to that of hospitals including pharmacy chains, a stadium or a Convention Center who work night and day.
As disclosed this Saturday by the governor, in lthe last journey are being carried out massive tests -around 300 thousand a day- and almost 16 thousand people have tested positive in covid-19, which places the percentage of infections on tests carried out at 5.77 percent, while 157 people have died.
For the moment 8,888 patients with covid-19 are admitted, 80 more than yesterday, while hospitals in the region still have a third of their beds available, according to data from the Administration.
NY, which was the epicenter of pandemic Last spring, it is currently the fourth state with the most accumulated cases, 1.2 million, but it is still the one that has registered the most deaths, 40,800, according to the independent count of the Universidad Johns Hopkins.
The United States, the country most affected in the world by the pandemic, reached this Friday an accumulated of 23 million 503 thousand 587 cases of covid-19 and 391,624 deaths, according to the independent count of the Universidad Johns Hopkins.
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