(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Governor of New York State: The "holiday peak" of the New York State epidemic has ended
China News Service, New York, January 27. New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo said on the 27th that comprehensively analyzing various data, the authorities believe that the peak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic caused by Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year holidays has now ended.
Como held a press conference in Albany that day to report the epidemic.
On January 26, New York State completed 202,600 new coronavirus tests, with a positive rate of 5.44%; 8771 new coronary pneumonia patients were hospitalized and 1,588 were in intensive care; 170 people died.
Cuomo said that according to the prediction model before Thanksgiving, between Thanksgiving and January 2, the positive rate of single-day virus testing in New York State will rise from 2.93% to 12.46%; the number of hospitalizations will increase from 2,856 to 10,581.
But in fact, as of January 15th, the highest single-day positive rate in New York State was 7.94%, and most of the time remained between 5% and 7%; the highest number of hospitalizations reached 8,888.
The bed surplus in various regions of the state has never touched the 15% cordon set by the state government, and the number of hospitalizations has declined to varying degrees in recent days.
Cuomo said that the state government will adjust epidemic prevention measures in a timely manner in accordance with the new changes in the epidemic situation in different regions.
In terms of vaccination, Cuomo said the federal government is taking measures to increase the supply of vaccines. The vaccine received by New York State is expected to increase by about 16% in the next three weeks, but it is still difficult to cover more than 7 million eligible residents in a short period of time.
In addition, because vaccination can only be arranged according to the number of vaccines available every week, it is temporarily impossible to formulate an accurate long-term vaccination plan.
He emphasized that at the current rate, New York State will still need 6 to 9 months to reach the level of effective protection. It is impossible to predict what unexpected circumstances will occur during this period.
Residents must remain vigilant and adhere to the epidemic prevention regulations.
According to data from Johns Hopkins University, more than 79,000 people in the United States have been diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia since January, surpassing the monthly death toll of more than 77,000 in December 2020; the highest single-day death toll record On January 12, there were 4,462 people.
Since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia in the United States, the cumulative death toll has exceeded 426,000.
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