NEW YORK, April 12 (Xinhua) -- The COVID-19 hospitalizations in New York State (NYS) rose to 4,118 on Sunday, compared with 4,083 one day earlier, tweeted Governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday.
Meanwhile, the single-day COVID-19 test positivity rate went up to 3.75 percent on Sunday from 2.99 percent on Saturday, he said, adding that there were 58 COVID-19 deaths in the state on Sunday, compared with 53 one day earlier.
"While we have made incredible progress, COVID is not over and we must all continue to practice the guidelines we know stop this virus in its tracks," the governor was quoted as saying in an official release.
"The ability to win the footrace between the infection rates and the vaccine rates is dependent on the behavior of New Yorkers. We have shown ourselves and the nation once before just how New York Tough we all can be when we work together," he said.
"Until the day this war is won, I encourage everyone to continue to wash their hands, wear a mask and socially distance. We are closer than ever to the light at the end of the tunnel," he added.
Also on Monday, NYS announced that it will provide a new, separate allocation of 35,000 vaccines to address the college student population at State University of New York (SUNY) schools and private colleges.
This initial allocation will include 21,000 vaccines to be administered to SUNY students and 14,000 vaccines to be administered at private colleges. The vaccines will be administered to residential and non-commuter students who are leaving for the summer.
In another tweet on Monday, Cuomo said that "37.9% of New Yorkers have received at least one vaccine dose and 24.9% have completed their vaccine series. 174,822 total doses were administered over the past 24 hours. 12,033,813 total doses administered to date."
As of Monday afternoon, the total COVID-19 deaths in New York State reached 51,200, the second worst in the country following the state of California with a death toll of 60,478, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Enditem