NEW YORK, March 19 (Xinhua) – COVID-19 hospitalizations in New York state fell to 4,527 on Thursday from 4,536 on Wednesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo tweeted on Friday.
Meanwhile, the positivity rate for single-day COVID-19 tests fell from 2.87% on Wednesday to 2.97% on Thursday, he said, adding that 59 deaths from COVID-19 have were registered in the state on Thursday, up from 57 the day before.
On Thursday, the governor tweeted: “24% of New Yorkers have received at least one dose of the vaccine and 12.4% have received both doses. 146,518 doses have been given in the past 24 hours. The total number of doses inoculated to date has reached 7,150,352 “.
The Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering on Friday afternoon reported 49,334 deaths in New York State, the second-heaviest death toll in the country after California , which rises to 57,207 dead.
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