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Despite Having One of the Country’s Highest Vaccination Rates — New York State Sets Single-Day COVID Case Record

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New York state has one of the highest vaccination rates in the country. 74% of the eligible public is fully vaccinated in the state. This compares to 56% in Texas and 64% in Florida.

In New York state 81% of the eligible population has received at least one dose of the COVID vaccine.

Despite these numbers, New York state on Friday announced it had reached 21,087 COVID cases – a new daily record.

Market Watch reported:

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday that the state recorded 21,027 new Covid-19 cases, surpassing the previous record of 19,942 set in January. Of roughly 263,500 people tested, 7.98% were positive for the virus…

…New York City officials said they were adding testing sites and doubling capacity at existing locations after long lines formed at some places.

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