BY ROBBIE SEQUEIRA Despite entering Tuesday
below the 70% vaccination
threshold, the
Bronx is continuing to
curb the spread of the Delta
variant of the novel coronavirus,
according to latest COVID
19 metrics released by
the state.
Although the Bronx has the
second-lowest vaccination total
in the city with 66.8% of its
population receiving at least
one dose, the borough has averaged
180 new confi rmed COVID
cases per day, which continues
a downward trend in
positivity rate for the fourth
week in a row.
Entering Tuesday, the
northernmost borough of New
York City has had 197,775 confi
rmed COVID-19 cases, a number
dwarfed by Queens and
Brooklyn, which have case totals
of 322,815 and 305,926, respectively.
The Morris Park 10461 zip
code had the borough’s highest
seven-day caseload, with 10.2
cases per 100,000 residents,
which is higher than the city’s
median average of 8.6 cases
per 100,000 residents. But Morris
Park’s 10461 zip code also
has the Bronx’s highest vaccination
rate with 77.6%.
Three other Bronx zip
codes — Riverdale’s 10471
(77.3%), Parkchester’s 10462
(75.4) and City Island’s 10464
(74.3%) — continue to outpace
the rest of the borough with
vaccination rates above 70%.
During his daily COVID-19
briefi ng, outgoing Democratic
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio
noted positives in the city’s
ongoing comeback from the
The Morris Park 10461 zip code has the boroughs highest seven-day caseload of positive COVID-19 tests, yet
also the Bronxs highest vaccination rate with 77.6%. Photo courtesy Erin Gaffney
height of the pandemic, citing
improvements in the housing
market, the recovery of more
than half a million jobs and
six consecutive months of declining
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unemployment rates.
The city’s mandatory vaccines
for public school educators
have also been seen as a
success, with more than 97%
of NYC teachers vaccinated,
according to United Federation
of Teachers President
Michael Mulgrew. Less than
4,000 teachers remain unvaccinated.
Additionally, the Pfi zer
vaccine for kids could be on
the market in about a month
after the drugmaker fi led for
FDA authorization on Oct. 7,
for their shot for kids ages 5
to 11. The city, however, has
not committed to a vaccination
mandate for students
who are eligible for the COVID
19 vaccine.
Bronx vax
totals still
near bottom
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