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New York’s COVID-19 positivity rate hits a new national low

New York’s coronavirus positivity rate is at a national low, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday.

The statewide positivity rate measured on a seven-day average Friday was 0.44 percent, which Cuomo said was the lowest in the country according to Johns Hopkins University.

Of the 141,568 COVID-19 tests that came back on Friday alone, 533 or 0.38 percent were positive.

Those hospitalized with the virus dropped to 681 Friday. Eleven people died of the bug including three New York City residents.

The number of New Yorkers 18 and older who have received one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine rose to 69.5 percent Saturday, Cuomo said citing federal data. The governor has said he will lift virtually all COVD-19 restrictions when the number hits 70 percent.

The state had given out 20,016,043 vaccine doses as of Saturday afternoon.

The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene sets up a mobile vaccination site on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn on June 09, 2021.
The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene sets up a mobile vaccination site on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn on June 09, 2021. Getty Images
Elsie Logan receives a COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up clinic at the American Civic Association in Binghamton, NY on March 19, 2021.
Elsie Logan receives a COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up clinic at the American Civic Association in Binghamton, NY on March 19, 2021. Getty Images