Despite Having One of the Country’s Highest Vaccination Rates — New York State Sets Single-Day COVID Case Record

 

New York state has one of the highest vaccination rates in the country. 74% of the eligible public is fully vaccinated in the state. This compares to 56% in Texas and 64% in Florida.

In New York state 81% of the eligible population has received at least one dose of the COVID vaccine.

Despite these numbers, New York state on Friday announced it had reached 21,087 COVID cases – a new daily record.

Market Watch reported:

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday that the state recorded 21,027 new Covid-19 cases, surpassing the previous record of 19,942 set in January. Of roughly 263,500 people tested, 7.98% were positive for the virus…

…New York City officials said they were adding testing sites and doubling capacity at existing locations after long lines formed at some places. Health officials said the COVID-19 positivity rate in the city doubled over a three-day period through Sunday.