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COVID case count across borough continues to
ZIPS WITH THE LOWEST
VACCINATION RATES
The nine ZIP codes in NYC with the lowest % of vaxxed residents
Zip Code Neighborhood %Vaxxed
11219 Borough Park 50%
11691 Far Rockaway 52%
11691 Bed-Stuy/ 56%
Clinton Hill/
Fort Greene
11211 Williamsburg 56%
11230 Midwood 57%
11206 Williamsburg 57%
11233 Brownsville/ 57%
Bed-Stuy
11210 Flatlands/ 57%
Midwood
11213 Crown Heights 58%
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COURIER L 2 IFE, JAN. 28-FEB. 3, 2022
drop as vaccines prove effective: Data
BY AIDAN GRAHAM
The recent spike of COVID
19 cases in New York City
remains on the decline — and
inoculated city dwellers continue
to avoid hospitalization
and death relative to their unvaccinated
neighbors, according
to city data.
COVID cases on the
decline throughout New
York City
The Five Boroughs have
seen an average of 9,536 cases
per-day for the seven-day
stretch ending on Jan. 20,
when the most recent data
is available — signifi cantly
lower than the peak of 43,192
cases per-day for the sevenday
stretch ending on Jan. 4.
That data, provided by the
New York City Department of
Health, represents a nearly
80 percent decline in per-day
cases in just 16 days in the
Big Apple.
In Brooklyn, the borough
saw an average of 3,010 positive
cases per-day between
Jan. 14 and Jan. 20 — which is
also below the per-day peak
of 12,561 cases during the
seven-day stretch between
Dec. 28 and Jan. 3. That represents
a 76 percent decline
in the number of cases in 17
days.
In New York City public
schools, since the educational
calendar began on Sept. 13,
2021, 123,919 students and
37,242 staff members have recorded
positive tests — representing
939 and 282 cases perday
during that time frame,
respectively.
Cumulatively, 17 schools
and 4,931 classrooms have
been closed due to outbreaks
this educational year.
The push to vaccinate
New York City continues
to outpace the national average
of the percentage of vaccinated
residents.
Nationwide, just 76.1 percent
of Americans have received
at least one dose of
the vaccine, while 63.6 percent
are fully inoculated.
(25.4 percent have received
booster doses).
In the Big Apple, by contrast,
83.9 percent of New
Yorkers are at least partially
vaccinated, and 74.4 percent
of city dwellers have received
both doses, or the Johnson &
Johnson shot.
Kings County, however, is
the least vaccinated borough,
and noticeably lags behind
the citywide totals, as only
68 percent of Brooklynites
are fully inoculated. (Queens
and Manhattan are the mostvaccinated
boroughs, with 81
and 80 percent of residents
considered fully immunized,
respectively).
Children continue to be
the least vaccinated cohort,
as 49 percent of New Yorkers
aged 5 to 17 are fully immunized,
including just 41 percent
of Brooklynites in that
age group.
On the Zip Code level, Borough
Park (11219) is the least
inoculated area, with just 50
percent of that area receiving
both doses.
Eight of the nine least-vaccinated
Zip Codes in NYC are
in Brooklyn:
According to city data on
race, Black New Yorkers have
seen the lowest vaccination
rate (54 percent), followed by
white city dwellers (60 percent)
and Hispanic residents
(67 percent). Meanwhile a
whopping 92 percent of Asian
New Yorkers are fully inoculated.
Hospitalizations and
deaths
Data continues to show
that vaccinated New Yorkers
are signifi cantly less likely to
catch the virus, become hospitalized,
or die.
Since the rollout of the
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