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COVID-19: Long Island Infection Rate Increases Again; Latest Breakdown By Community COVID-19: Long Island Infection Rate Increases Again; Latest Breakdown By Community
Covid-19: Long Island Infection Rate Increases Again; Latest Breakdown By Community The Delta variant continues to run wild throughout New York as the COVID-19 positive infection rate on Long Island continues to rise, up near 2 percent. According to the Department of Health, the positive-testing rate for those tested on Long Island has hit 1.97 percent as of Thursday, July 22, up from approximately 1 percent less than two weeks ago. There were no new virus-related deaths on Long Island in the past 24 hours, though a single fatality was reported in Erie County. Infection rates in the state’s 10 regions on July 22, according to the state Department of Health: Capital Regi…

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COVID-19: Here's Total Number Of Vaccine Doses Administered On Long Island COVID-19: Here's Total Number Of Vaccine Doses Administered On Long Island
Covid-19: Here's Total Number Of Vaccine Doses Administered On Long Island New York is making progress in ramping up the rollout of the COVID-19, though the state may soon have a greater demand than it does supply. After a slow beginning to its vaccination program, New York has turned things around and distributors have now administered 93 percent of the first doses - and 91 percent of all doses - allocated to the state by the federal government. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the state has administered 96,000 vaccines in the past 24 hours, though it faces a dwindling supply as the government only supplies the state with between 250,000 and 300,000 doses each wee…

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COVID-19: Here's Percentage Of Vaccine Doses Administered, Received On Long Island COVID-19: Here's Percentage Of Vaccine Doses Administered, Received On Long Island
Covid-19: Here's Percentage Of Vaccine Doses Administered, Received On Long Island After a slow initial rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine in New York, the state has stepped up its efforts to distribute shots to those eligible across the state. Statewide, a total of 77 percent of the COVID-19 vaccine allocated to New York by the federal government have been used as of 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 19, up drastically from the first few weeks hospitals began administering shots. In total, 1,053,650 allocations of the first dose have been sent to New York, with 835,875 (79 percent) administered. The state has received 136,500 second doses, with 83,995 administered. There are now m…

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