New York COVID cases continue drop, Hochul calls for more vaccinations

Governor Kathy Hochul warned NYers that "we're not by this" as COVID instances in NY proceed to drop.
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New York’s COVID-19 instances continued trending downward, with 47,870 reported Friday, the most recent state numbers present.

The determine was practically half of the surge-high mark of 90,132 seen Jan. 7, Gov. Kathy Hochul mentioned Saturday.

“We’re not by this but,” she warned, urging New Yorkers to “preserve getting vaccinated … and carrying non-cloth masks.”

Of the 327,427 check outcomes reported Friday, 14.62 % got here again optimistic, Hochul mentioned.

The positivity charge on a seven-day common was 17.59 % Friday statewide, and 18.45 % in New York Metropolis.

Hospitalizations for COVID-19 dropped for the third straight day Friday, to 12,169 statewide, with 1,653 folks being handled in intensive care models — 34 greater than the day earlier than.

Gov. Kathy Hochul instructed New Yorkers to proceed to get vaccinated and put on non-cloth masks as COVID case numbers proceed to development downwards.

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Hospitalizations dropped for the third straight day in New York.

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Deaths from COVID-19 stood at 62,891 Friday, based on the federal authorities’s tally — a statewide improve of 187, together with 93 New York Metropolis residents.

Hochul mentioned the state gave out 101,571 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine from Friday to Saturday.