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Hull BRONX TIMES REPORTER,4 SEPT. 17-23, 2021 BTR
Bronx COVID cases steady,
health experts focus on kids
BY ROBBIE SEQUEIRA
As health experts push to get coronavirus
vaccinations authorized
for children in the 5 -11 age group by
Halloween, Bronx COVID cases are
steadying as school-aged children return
to the classroom throughout the
borough.
Entering Monday, Bronx County
has reached 192,231 confi rmed COVID
19 cases, with a seven-day average
of 261 newly confi rmed cases per day,
according to the state’s recent health
data released on Sept 13.
Entering Tuesday, there were
1,026,423 confi rmed cases in New York
City, with 66.2% of the population vaccinated.
The nation’s top leaders said in
various media appearances last week
that efforts to get younger children
vaccinated remain a top priority, with
Halloween as a target date for the 5-11
crowd.
“You could potentially have a vaccine
available to children ages 5 to 11
by Halloween,” Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the
former Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) chief who sits on the board
of Pfi zer.
There have been approximately 5
million COVID-19 cases nationwide in
children since the pandemic began as
of Sept. 2, according to the American
Academy of Pediatrics.
More than 250,000 cases were recorded
across the country between
Aug. 19 and Sept. 2, the most recent
week for which data is available,
which the organization reports was
the largest weekly increase since the
pandemic began.
In a media appearance on Sunday,
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek
Murthy said that vaccinations among
younger children is the agency’s “top
priority” and when the FDA does
receive data from the manufacturers,
they are ready to “process that
quickly.”
The FDA has made it clear to parents
that they need to wait for formal
authorization, saying “the vaccine
doses that are currently being studied
There have been approximately 5 million COVID
19 cases nationwide in children since as
of Sept. 2, 2021, according to the American
Academy of Pediatrics. Photo Getty Images
in younger children are not necessarily
the same vaccine doses” that have
been approved for other age groups.
One of the areas with the highest
neighborhood positivity rates is the
Morris Park/Pelham Bay/Westchester
Square section with a 6.6% positivity
rate which is the fi fth-highest
in the New York City metro region.
The Castle Hill/Clason Point/Soundview
region has a 5.6% positivity rate,
which is the 13th-highest positivity
rate in the NYC region.
The Bronx has a seven-day positivity
rate of 3.9%.
According to the state’s vaccination
data, 872,818 people, or 61.5% of
Bronx residents, have received at least
one dose and 744,308 (52.5%) are fully
vaccinated.
This third wave of COVID-19 cases
in the fi ve boroughs can be largely attributed
to the highly contagious Delta
variant of the virus, which the city
Health Department says accounts for
about 98% of all new infections.
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.
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