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BRONX TIMES R 4 EPORTER, SEPT. 9-16, 2021 BTR
Bronx reaches 190K COVID
cases, sees vaccination progress
According to state health data, 59.9% of Bronx residents have received at least one dose of
a vaccine and 51% are fully vaccinated. Photo Adrian Childress
BY ROBBIE SEQUEIRA
Entering Tuesday, Bronx County
has reached 190,547 confi rmed COVID
19 cases, with a seven-day average
of 321 newly confi rmed cases per day,
according to the state’s recent health
data released on Sept 6.
Entering Tuesday, there were
1,026,423 confi rmed cases in New York
City, with 66.2% of the population vaccinated.
The fi ve boroughs are seeing COVID
case rates decline after weeks of
increases. It’s in sharp contrast to the
nation’s COVID indicators, and city
health offi cials have mainly attributed
the decreases to increased vaccinations
as well as precautions, including
masking and social distancing
New York City has the lowest COVID
19 positivity rate in the Empire
State, with 2.4% as of Friday, Sept. 4.
The statewide positivity rate, measured
on a seven-day average, was
3.28% on Friday. The Bronx has a
seven-day positivity rate of 2.8%.
However, the top 10 zip codes with
highest positivity rates in the city,
are primarily in Staten Island and
Queens.
More than 80% of adult New Yorkers
statewide, ages 18 and older, have
received at least one vaccine dose, and
72.1% have completed their COVID
vaccinations.
This third wave of COVID-19 cases
in the fi ve boroughs can be largely
attributed to the highly contagious,
very potent Delta variant of the virus,
which the city Health Department
says accounts for about 98% of all new
infections.
According to the state’s vaccination
data, 849,735 people, or 59.9% of
Bronx residents have received at least
one dose and 722,655 (51.0%) are fully
vaccinated.
Highest Positivity Rates in the
Bronx:
City Island (10464) – 6.4%
Charlotte Gardens (10460) – 5.8%
Belmont (10458) – 5.8%
Mott Haven (10454) – 5.6%
Soundview (10472) – 5.4%
Morris Park (10461) – 5.3%
Hunts Point (10474) – 4.7%
According to COVID Act Now, the
Bronx has the highest vulnerability
rate to COVID-19, a metric based
on economic and physical challenges
as well as predicted time of recovery
from COVID-19.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top
infectious disease expert, believes the
pandemic’s end could come by March
2022 — depending on continued efforts
to contain COVID-19 — noting there’s
still progress to be made to vaccinate
the country’s 80-90 million unvaccinated
people.
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