NY Ranks Lowest COVID Positivity in U.S.

Yesterday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo spoke at the Jacob K. Javitts Center, announcing that New York has the lowest COVID-19 positivity of any state in the U.S. According to Governor Cuomo, the state’s positivity stands at .61%. The governor commented on this updating by saying; “If you had told us a year ago when we were walking through this facility, ‘Don’t worry, you’re going to turn this around, and New York is going to wind up with the lowest positivity,’ I wouldn’t have believed you. The people of New York did it.No one else. It was their behavior, sense of community, that turned it around.”

Roughly 65.5% of New Yorkers 18 and over have received at least one dose of the vaccine. The next step is focusing on ages 12-17, where Governor Cuomo announced an incentive program allowing people in this age group who get the vaccine to take part in a raffle for a four-year college scholarship for any public college or university in New York. The first batch of winners was announced yesterday, the program will continue into July.

Source: 13 WHAM