The number of New Yorkers hospitalized with COVID-19 continues to drop, dropping to 4,617, according to the most recent count.
The number of positive tests for coronavirus on Friday stood at 2.92 percent of 225,793 and the statewide positivity rate, measured over an average of seven days, was 3.16 percent, Governor Cuomo announced. on Saturday.
New York City’s seven-day positivity rate on Friday was 4.04 percent, a tic above the previous day’s measure of 3.97 percent.
The virus claimed 77 lives on Friday, including 43 residents from the five neighborhoods.
The state administered 6,446,720 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, including 182,584 in the previous 24 hours, Cuomo also announced on Saturday. He said that 1.9 million people in New York City received at least one jab.