Drivers, Restaurant Workers Qualify for Covid-19 Vaccine

updated: Local governments can expand the categories of residents eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Tuesday.

Included in the possible expansion are taxi and for-hire drivers, the developmentally disabled in facilities, and restaurant workers. 

The state is also working on targeting neighborhoods with high positivity states such as the Bronx and will use Yankee stadium as a mass vaccination event for Bronx residents.

He also said Long Island is “problematic” because of its continued high infection rate.

• Test Results Reported – 150,199
• Total Positive – 8,215
• Percent Positive – 5.47%
• 7-Day Average Positivity – 4.95% (lowest since 12/6)
• Patient Hospitalization – 8,067 (+64)
• Net Change Patient Hospitalization Past Week – -764
• Patients Newly Admitted – 748
• Hospital Counties – 57
• Number ICU – 1,503 (+3)
• Number ICU with Intubation – 1,004 (+17)
• Total Discharges – 128,889 (+535)
• Deaths – 146
• Total Deaths – 35,466

150,199 test results were reported to New York State, and 5.47 percent were positive. Each region’s 7-day average percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:

REGION	SATURDAY	SUNDAY	MONDAY
Capital Region	5.00%	4.90%	4.67%
Central New York	3.16%	3.14%	3.08%
Finger Lakes	3.92%	3.86%	3.79%
Long Island	6.33%	6.19%	6.03%
Mid-Hudson	6.12%	6.03%	5.76%
Mohawk Valley	4.61%	4.41%	4.09%
New York City	5.20%	5.18%	5.09%
North Country	5.80%	5.68%	5.51%
Southern Tier	2.16%	2.07%	1.92%
Western New York	5.17%	5.13%	5.01%
Statewide	5.17%	5.09%	4.95%