Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Jan. 24 updated New Yorkers on the state’s vaccination program. The total week 6 federal allocation of vaccine delivery to providers was completed last Sunday.
Delivery of the week 7 allocation from the federal government does not begin until the middle of this week. As of 11a.m. Sunday, New York’s health care distribution sites have received 1,304,050 first doses and administered 88% or 1,144,070 first dose vaccinations.
“As our week six allocation finishes arriving to providers today, New York has already administered 88 percent of its first doses, demonstrating once again that the problem we face is lack of supply from the federal government,” Cuomo said. “We have the operational capacity to do over 100,000 doses a day—we just need the dosages.
In the meantime, the state will continue working around the clock to get shots into arms quickly, and providers must continue administering to their assigned priority populations in order to ensure equity of distribution during this time of limited supply.”
New York’s vast distribution network and large population of eligible individuals far exceed the vaccine supply coming from the federal government. While the federal government has increased eligibility for the vaccine to include 7 million New Yorkers, the federal supply of vaccines has actually decreased. Due to limited supply, New Yorkers are encouraged to remain patient and are advised not to show up at
vaccination sites without an appointment.
Vaccination program numbers are for doses distributed and delivered to New York for the state’s vaccination program, and kdo not include those reserved for the federal government’s Long Term Care Facility program. A breakdown of the data based on numbers reported to New York State is as follows:
STATEWIDE BREAKDOWN
* First Doses Received – 1,304,050
* First Doses Administered – 1,144,070
* Second Doses Received – 564,600
* Second Doses Administered – 139,929
To date, New York’s health care distribution sites have administered 88% of first doses received from the federal government but due to the federal government’s limited allocation, appointments have filled up quickly. New Yorkers seeking to determine eligibility and schedule an appointment at a state-run mass vaccination site, can visit the ‘Am I Eligible’ website. New Yorkers may also call their local
health department, pharmacy, doctor or hospital for additional information and to schedule appointments where vaccines are available.
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. (Submitted)
