As the COVID-19 variants took hold across the globe, Governor Kathy Hochul came forward to inform the people about ongoing situations through a press briefing. The citizens of the New York State were informed about the progress that the state has made against the newly detected omicron variant COVID-19. With every individual getting tired of this pandemic, it has also been a difficult situation for the administration to handle the chaos and help people understand things.
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As per Governor Holchul, it is necessary for the people to keep doing what they have been doing since the pandemic started. To keep your loved ones and others safe, it is important to get vaccinated with the primary series of vaccines and follow all the guidelines laid by healthcare systems. You must get the booster shot as and when required if you’re eligible.
She also stated in her announcement that following the coronavirus precautions like wearing a mask, maintaining social distancing, and making use of sanitizer regularly to prevent the spread of the new subtype.
According to the data recorded exhibits, the total cases reported till now are 273,607. More than 3500 coronavirus-affected patients have been hospitalized while the number of newly admitted patients remained 500 till now.
As per the Health Electronic Response Data, the information received from nursing homes, hospitals, and adult care facilities confirm 59,784 deaths due to covid 19. The effects of the omicron are still to be evaluated and due to the unavailability of studies and research, it would be difficult to handle the situations with ongoing studies.
Furthermore, she also claimed like other medical researchers that the delta variant has the same good hold over the population and remains more lethal than the omicron until new studies with good data are not conducted.
In the Last 24 hours, the New York medical authorities were able to administer 139,505 vaccines, and 59 covid 19 deaths were recorded in the entire state and maximum due to the delta variant.
The number of vaccine doses administered till now in the state is 31,186,056. With much emphasis on vaccination drives and campaigns, the state has been successful in providing 93.1℅ people with the first dose of the vaccine. On the other hand, 81.8℅ people have been vaccinated completely in the country. The governor congratulated and thanked the 80℅ population for getting jabbed and helping the state in fighting the deadly virus.
Bearing the responsibilities of the Governor, Kathy aims to give importance to the health of people as well as the health of the economy. To keep the state functioning and productive, it is important that the citizens remain healthy and safe. Keeping vaccination as a top priority, Holchul asked the remaining population to follow the suit so that there is no need of following the strict health guidelines for long. In the upcoming days, there will be a mask mandate for all indoor public events.
