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BRONX TIMES R 4 EPORTER, OCT. 8-14, 2021 BTR
Bronx curbing COVID spread,
inching forward in vaccinations
BY ROBBIE SEQUEIRA
Entering Monday, Bronx County
has reached 196,600 confirmed COVID
19 cases, with a seven-day average
of 182 new confirmed cases
per day, according to the state’s recent
health data released on Oct. 3.
Additionally, the county has a
seven-day positivity rate of 1.9%,
which was the second-lowest of the
five boroughs over the past two
weeks.
Entering Monday, there were
1,070,000 confirmed cases in New
York City, with 70.7% of the population
vaccinated.
Various areas in the Queens,
Brooklyn and Staten Island boroughs
have surpassed the city’s
median of 10.8 cases per 100,000
residents. In the Bronx, the Country
Club/Throggs Neck 10465 zip
code has the borough’s highest total
of 14.6 cases per 100,000.
The Bronx is slowly inching toward
a 70% vaccination threshold,
with 908,627 Bronxites (66.2%)
have received at least one dose and
774,477 (56.5%) residents fully vaccinated.
Only four areas in the Bronx
have surpassed the city’s median
71% vaccination rate for area zip
codes: Morris Park’s 10461 zip
code area (77.1%), Riverdale’s 10471
(77%), Parkchester’s 10462 (74.5%)
and City Island’s 10464 (73.8%).
Neighborhoods with the lowest
vaccination totals, as of Oct.
1:
Edenwald/Wakefield (10466)
57.2%
Hunts Points (10474) 57.8%
Allerton/Baychester/Williamsbridge
(10469) 59.4%
Claremont (10456) 60%
It’s clear, according to city Department
of Health and Mental Hygiene,
that vaccination status has
a major effect on COVID-19 diagnosis
with cases among unvaccinated
New Yorkers contracting the virus
at a rate of 63.3 cases per 100,000
people this past week.
A healthcare worker administers a shot of
the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to a woman
at a pop-up vaccination site. Photo by
REUTERS/Mike Segar
Although there have been breakthrough
cases with vaccinated
people, at 9.1 cases per 100,000 this
week, they have not resulted in any
reported deaths.
On Monday, the city’s vaccine
mandate for all educators and staff
went into full effect, backed by a refusal
from Supreme Court Justice
Sonia Sotomayor to entertain NYC
teachers’ appeal of the vaccine requirement.
Michael Mulgrew of the United
Federation of Teachers said that
97% of its members have received
at least one dose of the COVID-19
vaccine.
Employees who have not been
vaccinated or granted an exemption
will be moved to “leave without
pay” status. The vaccine mandate
deadline ended on Friday
afternoon, Oct. 1, for the NYC
school district, which has 1.1 million
students. The system has
about 148,000 employees, including
48,000 teachers, the DOE reported.
Mulgrew estimated an additional
1,000 people were vaccinated
over the weekend who are working
in schools Monday. The city Department
of Education (DOE) said
Friday 90% of all DOE employees,
93% of teachers and 98% of principals
have received at least one
dose.
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