Rockland County’s COVID vaccination program has temporarily come to a stop as the health department waits for more vaccine from the state. The Rockland County Department of Health got 1,000 doses of Moderna’s COVID vaccine on Tuesday and ran out by the end of the day on Friday. A request for more has been sent to the state, but county executive Ed Day says Albany needs to put more trust in the local boots on the ground…
Day says the New York Department of Health has told him to expect more vaccine doses by Wednesday. The state says they’re adding thousands of distributors to the network and they’re setting up mass vaccine distribution sites across the state. To see if you are eligible to get the shot yet click here.
Meanwhile, the stronger UK COVID strain is expanding in the state. Governor Andrew Cuomo said Saturday it’s been found on Long Island…
COVID-19 by the numbers now, here in Rockland, we lost five more to COVID, the total count stands at 790. We’ve got 106 hospitalized confirmed with coronavirus, and a total of 2,449 active cases. Overall, we’ve had 29,444 reported cases, 242 more than Friday.