Governor Cuomo Announces New York State Clinical Advisory Task Force Approves Moderna Vaccine

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced today that the New York State Clinical Advisory Task Force, following the recommendation of the FDA’s advisory committee for emergency authorization of the COVID-19 vaccine in the event of emergency, is reviewing the use of the vaccine in New York State reviewed and approved. New York expects to receive about 346,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine next week, pending final FDA approval.

The governor also announced that the State Department of Health has approved and issued guidelines regarding the use of one or two additional doses discovered in shipments of Pfizer vaccines. It was previously believed that Pfizer vaccine vials contained five doses each, but possibly six or seven doses. Medical professionals administering doses can use any additional vaccine that can be easily drawn into a syringe to meet the required dose. Extra vaccine from one vial cannot be combined with extra vaccine from another vial to make an extra dose. The New York State Department of Health is issuing guidelines today to guide health care providers regarding these additional doses. A letter from DOH Commissioner Howard Zucker is available here.

“New Yorkers are smart, they see the COVID numbers and they understand the risks. I think they will learn from Thanksgiving and I think you’ll see a smarter response over the holiday season. I think we can avoid a shutdown because we can slow the spread and the hospitals can manage the proliferation of cases. This is now a stopover between the vaccine and COVID, and as we slow the spread, we need to speed up the distribution of vaccines at the same time. ” Governor Cuomo said. “The sooner we vaccinate people, the faster new COVID cases are declining, and the potential six- to nine-month timeline is all in our hands. I believe we’ve had the first vaccination in the country, because I think New York will be faster. and is more organized than any other state. The New York Clinical Advisory Task Force approved Moderna’s vaccine this morning and we expect doses of it next week, which is good news. The even better news is that the offering of vaccine doses is actually greater than we thought and we will approve the use of those extra doses today. ”

Today’s data is briefly summarized below:

• Test results reported – 249,385
• New cases – 12,697
• Percentage positive – 5.09%
• Hospitalization of patients – 6,081 (-66)
• Newly admitted patients – 698
• Hospital Counties – 55
• ICU Number – 1.068 (-27)
• ICU number with intubation – 592 (-19)
• Total discharges – 94,057 (+639)
• Deaths – 120
• Total number of deaths – 28,344

The regional capacity and occupancy of hospital beds, including the number of hospital admissions as a percentage of the region’s population, is as follows:

The regional capacity and occupancy of ICU beds are as follows:

The average percentage of positive test results over the past three days in each region over the past three days is as follows:

The 7-day mean percentage of positive test results from each New York City borough reported for the past three days is as follows:

Of the 828,166 individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

Province	Totally positive	New positive
Albany	8821	208
Allegany	1,502	34
Broome	6,893	129
Cattaraugus	1,976	71
Cayuga	1,884	86
Chautauqua	2,624	128
Chemung	3,991	73
Chenango	945	17
Clinton	749	11
Columbia	1,315	27
Cortland	1,655	42
Delaware	547	9
Dutchess	9,959	159
Erie	35,507	750
Essex	422	8
Franklin	540	38
Fulton	981	33
Genesee	1,823	56
Greene	953	31
Hamilton	77	2
Herkimer	1,367	53
Jefferson	1,216	55
Lewis	630	13
Livingston	1.318	48
Madison	1,761	37
Monroe	26,389	746
Montgomery	892	24
Nassau	74,658	901
Niagara	6,582	198
NYC	373,884	4,499
Oneida	8,912	217
Onondaga	16,860	431
Ontario	2,367	84
Orange	20,717	393
Orleans	988	38
Oswego	2.675	77
Otsego	969	11
Putnam	4,035	60
Rensselaer	2,991	87
Rockland	24,983	196
Saratoga	3,908	99
Schenectady	4,268	115
Schoharie	401	9
Schuyler	420	14
Seneca	551	19
St. Lawrence	1,511	47
Steuben	2,663	77
Suffolk	80,047	1,197
Sullivan	2,601	50
Tioga	1.439	18
Tompkins	1,710	39
Ulster	4,736	122
Warren	812	8
Washington	625	6
Wayne	1,881	33
Westchester	61,827	716
Wyoming	1013	39
Yates	395	9

Yesterday, 120 New Yorkers died as a result of COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 28,344. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by country of residence:

Deaths by place of residence
Province	New deaths
Albany	1
Allegany	1
Bronx	8
Broome	1
Cattaraugus	1
Chemung	1
Cortland	1
Erie	15
Essex	1
Herkimer	1
Kings	12
Madison	3
Manhattan	2
Monroe	13
Montgomery	1
Nassau	5
Niagara	2
Oneida	3
Onondaga	5
Ontario	1
Orange	3
Oswego	1
Otsego	1
Queens	7
Richmond	2
Rockland	2
Saratoga	1
Schenectady	1
Seneca	1
St. Lawrence	2
Steuben	1
Suffolk	4
Ulster	5
Westchester	10
Wyoming	1