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CITY ALLOWS CONTROVERSIAL WIRELESS LEGISLATION GUIDELINES TO STAND AND BECOME LAW BY LETTING 60-day MORATORIUM FOR ALTERATIONS DEADLINE DATE EXPIRE WITHOUT CHANGES IN THE NEW LAW.
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WPCNR WHITE PLAINS COMMON COUNCIL EXAMINER By John F. Bailey. September 24, 2022:
Verizon may begin installation of the company 5G wireless expansion in White Plains at will.
The city administration allowed the 60 day moratorium on implementation of the city-created upgraded regulations for monitoring new wireless installation of transmitters on locations throughout the city to expire this week.
The city did so without taking up new calls for stricter bans on locations near residences and monitorings of radiation levels by 5G Westchester, a advocacy group, WPCNR has learned.
There has been no official announcement of this by the city or by Verizon when the citywide 5G installations will start.
It is not known yet whether the anti 5G Wireless group demanding tighter protections for city residents will initiate legal action to halt the law from going into effect.
WHITE PLAINS WEEK TONIGHT THE SEPT. 23 REPORT 7:30 P.M. COUNTYWIDE ON FIOS CH 45, AND WP OPTIMUM CH 76 & WWW.WPCOMMUNITYMEDIA.ORG
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TONIGHT AT 8 ON “PEOPLE TO BE HEARD” FIOS CHANNEL 45 AND WHITE PLAINS OPTIMUM CH 76 AND www.wpcommunitymedia.org: “SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES OCT 1” WITH RICHARD CIRRULI OF THE DEMITASSE PLAYERS –A FUNDAISER FOR MENTAL HEALTH FEATURING A SERIES OF ORIGINAL WHITE PLAINS PRODUCTIONS OF EXISTENTIAL MOVIES DEALING WITH MENTAL HEALTH.
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3,740 NEW COVID CASES IN WESTCHESTER LAST WEEK — AHEAD OF LAST SEPTEMBER PACE. SCHOOL COVID REPORTING ELIMINATED.
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WPCNR CORONAVIRUS SURVEILLANCE. Latest Covid Activity Figures from New York State Covid Tracker. Observation & Analysis by John F. Bailey. September 20, 2022UPDATED 2:15 P.M. E.D.T.:
New Covid cases August 28 through September 18 totaled 3,740 compared to the same period last year.
It should be noted the three weeks of September last year surge in cases of 3,546 set the momentum for steadily increasing infections in October and November creating 3,076 new cases of covid in October, 3,757 in November, which lead to 41,000 infections the month of December and 36,000 in January. The spread was finally contained by the end of April after vaccinations began in January of 2022.
However when statewide mandates on covid preventive behaviors were lifted in June, infections steadily rose through June and the end of July, then began a 6 week consecutive decline in infections until last week.
The pattern may repeat itself. The main hope is that covid hospitalizations are down and the disease is lasting about a week for people who get it. But the disease does lay them low. The arrival of the new booster shots now available at the Westchester County Board of Health it is hoped the boosters should help those ready for the booster to fight off the omicron and delta variants which infect more quickly (as short as 48 hours after exposure).
This reduced period for symptoms to begin in persons exposed to covid, may be the reason behind the first significant increase in new covid cases in 6 weeks.
For the week ended Saturday, Sept. 11 to 17, the New York Covid Tracker reported 1,468 new Lab confirmed persons testing positive, compared to 1,026 September 4 to 11, a 43% increase in new cases.
No covid daily case updates were published by the state on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday last week. The Governor’s Press Office did not respond to my questions as to why the covid daily count was paused. This covid tracker report has to be continued, with no interruptions, in my opinion, otherwise there will be no ongoing record of the containment or lack of containment of the disease going forward.
After 10 days of school in the county the state school covid tracker has not started reporting yet. This was crucial to see if school spreading of disease, (entirely possible because there are no requirements for students to be vaccinated with covid). The other reason to expect a spread is as I have written previously school districts are lifting many restrictions: no masking, no social distancing, no plastic screens between desks in the classrooms.
Now in a little noticed change, there will be no covid state school report cards breaking down infections of students, administrators, teachers and staff for every school in the state.
UPDATED: IN AN AUGUST 22 LETTER FROM THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ANNOUNCED THAT SCHOOLS WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO REPORT DAILY POSITIVE COVID RESULTS TO THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH COVID SCHOOL REPORT CARD. SO GOING FORWARD THIS YEAR THE INFORMATION ON THE STATE OF COVID INFECTIONS WILL BE STRICTLY UP TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS NOW OPERATING AN A VERY OPEN ATMOSPHERE WITH RELIANCE ON HOME ALLEGEN TESTS. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IT HAS COME TO LIGHT THAT SCHOOL REPORT CARDS ON COVID WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE TO PARENTS THIS YEAR.
White Plains School Superintendent Dr. Joseph Ricca told WPCNR this afternoon that White Plains school nurses would continue to report cases of covid in their schools to the Westchester County Department of Health. Dr. Ricca said that in the first 10 days of School in White Plains, they have seen some cases of covid, but not near the levels of covid in the previous covid years. Ricca said it was up to the Westchester County Department to make public that data.
Asked if the school district would report White Plains schools covid cases regularly to parents as a standard report on a regular basis as district policy, Dr. Ricca said the district did not plan to do so at this time.
I asked him at what level would covid situations would be reported. Ricca said the district would be looking for “clusters” of infections in classrooms or schools or other situations and parents would be informed. He said there would not be detailed reports of how many students, administrators and teachers were sickened by covid on a school by school basis.
Last year in White Plains, unprecedented cooperation by parents children, teachers, administrators held infections of school populations to 25% (1,974). This reporting of new cases that gave confidence the covid plague was being contained from spreading exponentially was a great confidence builder.
With basically open schools now across the county, with an atmosphere of “we just have to live with covid” will be, the disease may come back.
September is starting in infections at the same pace as last September. Perhaps this is just temporary.
I hope so.
The state has to keep reporting those new school infections. I hope they will. So the pattern that started the climb to the huge covid cases in December and January 9 months ago could be repeating itself.
Cases around Westchester County the last two weeks are up. Currently 9 areas continue to have over 100 cases.
White Plains had 208 active cases the last 2 weeks, experiencing 50 new cases a day. New Rochelle reported 223, 43 new cases daily. Yonkers, long the place where the most covid infects are went to 635 active cases up from 576 a week ago—the number of new cases a day in Yonkers was 187.
Mount Vernon reported 202 cases, 59 new cases a day.
Greenburgh next door to White Plains reported 194 active cases, running 57 cases a day.
The northern part of Westchester is suffering similar outbreaks.
Cortlandt reported 135 active cases the last two weeks, 25 daily.
Yorktown hit 167 active cases with 32 new each day.
North Castle and New Castle combined had 95 active cases, 21 a day
Ossining Village, 120, 18 a day; Peekskill reported 73 with 12 daily and Port Chester 73/ 12 a day.
The average new cases per day for the 9 communities with over 100 active cases is 53 new cases of covid a day.
Cross your fingers.
Photographs of the Week: Cardinal Dolan Celebrates Mass to Introduce Archbishop Stepinac High School 75th Anniversary
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Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York, officially kicked off Stepinac High School’s 75th anniversary celebration on September 19 by celebrating Mass of the Holy Spirit at the renowned all-boys Catholic high school and visiting the school’s new real-world learning spaces.
During the Mass for a school-wide gathering of more than 1,000 worshippers, held on the outside terrace, Cardinal Dolan blessed the school doors, repeating the same ceremony as his predecessor, Francis Cardinal Spellman, first did in 1948 when the school opened.
Cardinal Dolan toured and learned from students and faculty members about the school’s new STEAM Center, Finance Center equipped with real-time stock tickers and Bloomberg terminals, Health Sciences Lab and one of the cutting-edge learning spaces modeled after Columbia University classrooms.
At the recently completed Library Commons (above), he also greeted guests including members of the board of trustees, alumni, benefactors, community leaders, parents, members of the administration and faculty, among others. He also learned details about the 75th anniversary fund-raising campaign that will culminate with a Gala at the Westchester Country Club on May 5.
PHOTOS OF THE NIGHT: IS THIS CONEY ISLAND? PLAYLAND? THE GHOST OF PALISADES PARK? NO IT’S MT. KISCO NEW YORK USA’S “SEPTEMBERFEST 2022” WITH THOUSANDS IN THE STREETS YOUNG AND OLD–1 MORE FABULOUS DAY AND NIGHT TO COME.
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DELAYED STATE COVID TRACKER RESUMES DAILY COVID POSITIVES REPORT FRIDAY AFTER NO UPDATE FOR 3 DAYS. AFTER 4 DAYS WESTCHESTER SEES INCREASE RUNNING AT POSSIBLE 1,500 NEW CASES THIS WEEK.
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WPCNR COVID SURVEILLANCE. From New York State Covid Tracker. Observation & Analysis by John Bailey. September 17, 2022:
After no covid daily case updates on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this week, the Covid Tracker resumed with an updated report Friday, giving the results of the new number of covid cases for Wednesday September 14.
After giving results for the first day of the week, Sunday, September 11 on the Tracker of 168 positives, no results were posted on the Tracker until Friday at about 5:30 P.M.
The Governor’s press office has not responded when asked why the usually reliable daily count was not available for 3 days. The Tracker is the only specific realiable tool for seeing day-by-day trends in the covid containment effort, and to see whether more has to be done or restrictions can be relaxed.
On the Westchester County daily graph of cases which is linked to the state figures, however, we have results for Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday. There is no explanation on covid tracker for the missed days of Monday and Tuesday. Covid Tracker has missed reports on days in the past but not 3 days in a row to this reporter’s records.
The Westchester graph reports 240 new cases Monday, 231 new covid positives Tuesday and 214 Wednesday that in addition to the Sunday figure of 168 new cases, total 853 cases the first 4 days.
If that 213 new cases a day rate continues for Thursday Friday and Saturday, we can see the week’s cases after the first week of Westchester schools rise to 1,500 new persons afflicted with covid ending last week’s sixth consecutive week of diminishing infections (1,026), ending the six week covid declining trend that lowered infections 50% since August 1.
At this rate of per day positives the first 4 days, this would show a 1,500 total of new cases, or 45% after 12 days of schools in session across the county, the Labor Day weekend, and a “new Normal.”.
In the first week of schools last year 2021 in Westchester County, September 5 to 11, there were 1,152 new cases, and in the second week, September 12 to 18, 1,164. This yielded a rate of 164 infections a day the first week of school last year in the county and in the second week, 166 a day.
The first 3 weeks of September this year 2022 in Westchester yielded 178 new covid cases a day Aug 28 to September 3 (a week of 1,246 infections); 146 new cases a day September 4 to 10, 2022 on last week 1,026 infections. This week is projecting a 213 new cases a day the first 4 days showing a growing increase in new cases a day.
As WPCNR has observed the relaxing of covid protection policies in the majority of Westchester Schools may already be showing accelerated growth of infections per day. But it should be noted that last year there was a mixture of remote learning and social distancing was in place.
When the State School report of covid positives in schools resumes, which I sincerely hope it does, that will provide a true look of whether the schools are resisting covid infection increases or not based on the student vaccinations and behaviors.
ORANGE RUNNING A 9.5% INFECTION RATE UP OVER A 100 INFECTIONS A DAY ON VERY LOW TESTS, ULSTER RUNNING 53 INFECTIONS, 12.3% INFECTION RATE. DUTCHESS UP TO 53 A DAY AND A 12.3% INFECTION RATE.
THE MID HUD REGION RUNNING AN 8.4% INFECTION RATE AS OF WEDNESDAY. NASSAU AND SUFFOLK CONTINUE TO INFECT AT 8% INFECTION RATE, 600 NEW COVID POSITIVE PERSONS A DAY.
SIGNIFICANTLY THE 9 COUNTIES OF WESTCHESTER, ORANGE, DUTCHESS, ROCKLAND, ULSTER, SULLIVAN AND PUTNAM, NASSAU AND SUFFOLK HAVE 1,239 postive new covid cases WEDNESDAY WHICH IS 70% OF THE NUMBER OF POSITIVES IN NEW YORK CITY (1,747) WEDNESDAY.
GOVERNOR HOCHUL ON BIVALIENT BOOSTERS
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Governor Kathy Hochul today updated New Yorkers on the state’s progress combating COVID-19.
Last week, Governor Hochul announced the availability of bivalent COVID-19 vaccine boosters from Pfizer-BioNTech for anyone age 12 or older and from Moderna for those 18 or older. To schedule an appointment for a booster, New Yorkers should contact their local pharmacy, county health department, or healthcare provider; visit vaccines.gov; text their ZIP code to 438829, or call 1-800-232-0233 to find nearby locations.
Today’s data is summarized briefly below:
- Cases Per 100k – 22.41
- 7-Day Average Cases Per 100k – 20.42
- Test Results Reported – 59,068
- Total Positive – 4,380
- Percent Positive – 7.47%**
- 7-Day Average Percent Positive – 6.72%**
- Patient Hospitalization – 2,063 (-77)
- Patients Newly Admitted – 338
- Patients in ICU – 217 (-5)
- Patients in ICU with Intubation – 81 (-2)
- Total Discharges – 341,702 (391)
- New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS – 15
- Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS – 57,906
** Due to the test reporting policy change by the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and several other factors, the most reliable metric to measure virus impact on a community is the case per 100,000 data — not percent positivity.
The Health Electronic Response Data System is a NYS DOH data source that collects confirmed daily death data as reported by hospitals, nursing homes and adult care facilities only.
Important Note: Effective Monday, April 4, the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is no longer requiring testing facilities that use COVID-19 rapid antigen tests to report negative results. As a result, New York State’s percent positive metric will be computed using only lab-reported PCR results. Positive antigen tests will still be reported to New York State and reporting of new daily cases and cases per 100k will continue to include both PCR and antigen tests. Due to this change and other factors, including changes in testing practices, the most reliable metric to measure virus impact on a community is the case per 100,000 data — not percent positivity.
- Total deaths reported to and compiled by the CDC – 73,978
This daily COVID-19 provisional death certificate data reported by NYS DOH and NYC to the CDC includes those who died in any location, including hospitals, nursing homes, adult care facilities, at home, in hospice and other settings.
- Total vaccine doses administered – 40,164,502
- Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours – 5,686
- Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days – 31,682
- Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose – 93.3%
- Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series – 84.7%
- Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) – 95.0%
- Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series (CDC) – 88.5%
- Percent of New Yorkers ages 12-17 with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) – 85.5%
- Percent of New Yorkers ages 12-17 with completed vaccine series (CDC) – 75.0%
- Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose – 83.4%
- Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series – 75.4%
- Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) – 92.2%
- Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) – 78.6%
Each region’s 7-day average of cases per 100K population is as follows:
| REGION | Tuesday, September 13, 2022 | Wednesday, September 14, 2022 | Thursday, September 15, 2022 |
| Capital Region | 17.74 | 19.15 | 19.03 |
| Central New York | 21.94 | 23.14 | 23.45 |
| Finger Lakes | 13.41 | 14.57 | 14.42 |
| Long Island | 24.37 | 24.19 | 24.26 |
| Mid-Hudson | 18.33 | 20.13 | 20.93 |
| Mohawk Valley | 22.73 | 23.20 | 22.61 |
| New York City | 19.89 | 19.80 | 19.69 |
| North Country | 20.66 | 21.82 | 22.71 |
| Southern Tier | 20.49 | 21.10 | 20.87 |
| Western New York | 18.17 | 18.53 | 19.03 |
| Statewide | 19.90 | 20.33 | 20.42 |
Each region’s 7-day average percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows**:
| Region | Tuesday, September 13, 2022 | Wednesday, September 14, 2022 | Thursday, September 15, 2022 |
| Capital Region | 9.04% | 9.29% | 9.54% |
| Central New York | 9.85% | 10.20% | 10.50% |
| Finger Lakes | 7.38% | 7.38% | 7.47% |
| Long Island | 7.63% | 7.72% | 7.75% |
| Mid-Hudson | 6.62% | 5.93% | 6.14% |
| Mohawk Valley | 12.08% | 11.56% | 11.46% |
| New York City | 5.34% | 5.15% | 5.22% |
| North Country | 9.89% | 10.03% | 10.62% |
| Southern Tier | 9.06% | 8.70% | 8.67% |
| Western New York | 12.36% | 12.17% | 12.67% |
| Statewide | 6.79% | 6.60% | 6.72% |
** Due to the test reporting policy change by the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and several other factors, the most reliable metric to measure virus impact on a community is the case per 100,000 data — not percent positivity.
Each New York City borough’s 7-day average percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows **:
| Borough in NYC | Tuesday, September 13, 2022 | Wednesday, September 14, 2022 | Thursday, September 15, 2022 |
| Bronx | 5.67% | 5.58% | 5.75% |
| Kings | 4.47% | 4.20% | 4.29% |
| New York | 5.07% | 4.97% | 5.08% |
| Queens | 6.66% | 6.52% | 6.47% |
| Richmond | 5.84% | 5.56% | 5.57% |
** Due to the test reporting policy change by the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and several other factors, the most reliable metric to measure virus impact on a community is the case per 100,000 data — not percent positivity.
Yesterday, 4,380 New Yorkers tested positive for COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 5,981,280. A geographic breakdown is as follows:
| County | Total Positive | New Positive | |||
| Albany | 72,059 | 60 | |||
| Allegany | 10,052 | 10 | |||
| Broome | 53,617 | 57 | |||
| Cattaraugus | 17,900 | 20 | |||
| Cayuga | 18,714 | 25 | |||
| Chautauqua | 27,327 | 33 | |||
| Chemung | 24,491 | 20 | |||
| Chenango | 10,865 | 12 | |||
| Clinton | 20,377 | 25 | |||
| Columbia | 12,415 | 13 | |||
| Cortland | 12,291 | 7 | |||
| Delaware | 9,283 | 9 | |||
| Dutchess | 76,308 | 98 | |||
| Erie | 249,505 | 260 | |||
| Essex | 6,940 | 9 | |||
| Franklin | 11,097 | 12 | |||
| Fulton | 15,039 | 22 | |||
| Genesee | 15,370 | 11 | |||
| Greene | 10,003 | 9 | |||
| Hamilton | 1,002 | 1 | |||
| Herkimer | 16,155 | 8 | |||
| Jefferson | 24,141 | 41 | |||
| Lewis | 6,852 | 4 | |||
| Livingston | 13,300 | 10 | |||
| Madison | 15,466 | 10 | |||
| Monroe | 177,507 | 116 | |||
| Montgomery | 13,788 | 21 | |||
| Nassau | 492,492 | 312 | |||
| Niagara | 55,606 | 31 | |||
| NYC | 2,783,789 | 1,747 | |||
| Oneida | 63,518 | 42 | |||
| Onondaga | 131,946 | 132 | |||
| Ontario | 23,723 | 17 | |||
| Orange | 125,362 | 110 | |||
| Orleans | 9,769 | 9 | |||
| Oswego | 31,421 | 51 | |||
| Otsego | 12,170 | 5 | |||
| Putnam | 28,375 | 34 | |||
| Rensselaer | 38,284 | 31 | |||
| Rockland | 107,876 | 56 | |||
| Saratoga | 56,413 | 55 | |||
| Schenectady | 40,078 | 31 | |||
| Schoharie | 5,991 | 4 | |||
| Schuyler | 4,032 | 2 | |||
| Seneca | 6,936 | 15 | |||
| St. Lawrence | 24,476 | 25 | |||
| Steuben | 23,281 | 20 | |||
| Suffolk | 508,614 | 342 | |||
| Sullivan | 21,999 | 20 | |||
| Tioga | 12,827 | 13 | |||
| Tompkins | 24,348 | 24 | |||
| Ulster | 38,611 | 53 | |||
| Warren | 16,978 | 20 | |||
| Washington | 14,355 | 13 | |||
| Wayne | 20,057 | 15 | |||
| Westchester | 302,716 | 214 | |||
| Wyoming | 9,332 | 8 | |||
| Yates | 4,041 | 6 |
Below is data that shows how many hospitalized individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19 were admitted for COVID-19/COVID-19 complications and how many were admitted for non-COVID-19 conditions:
| Region | COVID-19 Patients currently hospitalized | Admitted due to COVID or complications of COVID | % Admitted due to COVID or complications of COVID | Admitted where COVID was not included as one of the reasons for admission | % Admitted where COVID was not included as one of the reasons for admission |
| Capital Region | 116 | 70 | 60.3% | 46 | 39.7% |
| Central New York | 77 | 45 | 58.4% | 32 | 41.6% |
| Finger Lakes | 198 | 74 | 37.4% | 124 | 62.6% |
| Long Island | 352 | 147 | 41.8% | 205 | 58.2% |
| Mid-Hudson | 230 | 77 | 33.5% | 153 | 66.5% |
| Mohawk Valley | 51 | 32 | 62.7% | 19 | 37.3% |
| New York City | 769 | 317 | 41.2% | 452 | 58.8% |
| North Country | 54 | 36 | 66.7% | 18 | 33.3% |
| Southern Tier | 98 | 48 | 49.0% | 50 | 51.0% |
| Western New York | 118 | 45 | 38.1% | 73 | 61.9% |
| Statewide | 2,063 | 891 | 43.2% | 1,172 | 56.8% |
The Omicron variant now represents more than 95% of the viruses in circulation. For more information on variant tracking, please visit here: (COVID-19 Variant Data | Department of Health (ny.gov).
Yesterday, there were 15 total new deaths were reported due to COVID-19, bringing the total to 57,906. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:
| County | New Deaths | ||||
| Allegany | 1 | ||||
| Broome | 1 | ||||
| Erie | 1 | ||||
| Genesee | 2 | ||||
| Greene | 1 | ||||
| Kings | 1 | ||||
| Monroe | 1 | ||||
| Nassau | 1 | ||||
| Oswego | 1 | ||||
| Queens | 4 | ||||
| Ulster | 1 | ||||
| Grand Total | 15 |
New Yorkers looking to schedule vaccine appointments for 5-11-year-old children are encouraged to contact their child’s pediatrician, family physician, county health departments, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), rural health centers, or pharmacies that may be administering the vaccine for this age group. Parents and guardians can visit vaccines.gov, text their ZIP code to 438829, or call 1-800-232-0233 to find nearby locations. Make sure that the provider offers the Pfizer-BioNTechCOVID-19 vaccine, as the other COVID-19 vaccines are not yet authorized for this age group.
Visit our website for parents and guardians for new information, frequently asked questions and answers, and resources specifically designed for parents and guardians of this age group.
A geographic breakdown of New Yorkers who have been vaccinated and boosted by region is as follows:
| Regional Vaccination Data by Provider Location | |||||
| People with at least one vaccine dose | People with complete vaccine series | ||||
| Region | Cumulative Total | Cumulative Total | |||
| Capital Region | 983,389 | 900,234 | |||
| Central New York | 658,869 | 609,542 | |||
| Finger Lakes | 886,407 | 820,364 | |||
| Long Island | 2,245,137 | 1,999,834 | |||
| Mid-Hudson | 1,761,818 | 1,544,798 | |||
| Mohawk Valley | 331,644 | 308,863 | |||
| New York City | 8,272,058 | 7,320,528 | |||
| North Country | 311,721 | 281,875 | |||
| Southern Tier | 454,546 | 414,507 | |||
| Western New York | 978,584 | 899,203 | |||
| Statewide | 16,884,173 | 15,099,748 | |||
| Booster/Additional Shots | |||||
| Region | Cumulative Total | Increase over past 7 days | |||
| Capital Region | 598,993 | 401 | |||
| Central New York | 401,659 | 310 | |||
| Finger Lakes | 629,270 | 404 | |||
| Long Island | 1,433,771 | 1,027 | |||
| Mid-Hudson | 1,132,476 | 406 | |||
| Mohawk Valley | 209,547 | 114 | |||
| New York City | 3,721,123 | 4,195 | |||
| North Country | 188,449 | 65 | |||
| Southern Tier | 285,495 | 128 | |||
| Western New York | 666,973 | 481 | |||
| Statewide | 9,267,756 | 7,531 |
The COVID-19 Vaccine Tracker Dashboard is available to update New Yorkers on the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine. The New York State Department of Health requires vaccinating facilities to report all COVID-19 vaccine administration data within 24 hours; the vaccine administration data on the dashboard is updated daily to reflect the most up-to-date metrics in the state’s vaccination effort. New York State Department of Health-reported data from NYSIIS and CIR differs slightly from federally reported data, which is inclusive of federally administered doses and other minor differences. Both numbers are included in the release above.