Ulster gets over 6,700 vaccines

Allotment comes as eligibility expands

Ulster County has been allotted its second-highest weekly supply of COVID-19 vaccines this week, according to Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan.

During a Facebook live stream event Tuesday, Ryan said that the state has allotted 6,770 vaccines to the Ulster County Health Department, pharmacies, and other healthcare facilities.

In addition, Ryan said, 1,000 doses a day are being administered at a state-run facility at the Ulster County Fairgrounds in New Paltz.

On average, Ryan said, medical personnel at the county’s site at the Hudson Valley Mall are administering about 2,000 doses on a given day that it is open.

In early March, the county received 7,040 doses of the coronavirus vaccine, 3,340 to the Department of Health that County plus another 3,700 that the state shipped directly to pharmacies and other nongovernmental distribution sites.

Ryan said this week’s allotment comes as the state has expanded the eligibility for vaccinations to adults over 30. Next week, that age limit will drop to 16.

By the numbers

Ulster on Tuesday reported 1,903 active cases of COVID-19, down seven from 1,910 cases reported Monday.

The Ulster total is still sharply higher than its recent low of 1,488, reached on March 1, but also below its peak of 2,622, set on Jan. 30.

Ulster also said Tuesday that the COVID-19 death rate remained the same at 243.

Ulster County reported Tuesday that 63 of its residents were

diagnosed with COVID-19 among the most recent 1,482 to be tested, a positivity rate of 4.3%.

Ulster reported on Tuesday it has had 13,008 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 10,862 recoveries since March 2020.

According to the state COVID-19 vaccine tracker, 33.9 percent of Ulster residents have received at least one dose of the vaccine. The tracker says that 29,333 have completed with vaccination series and 60,581 have gotten at least one shot.

Dutchess County said Tuesday that its active COVID-19 cases slightly decreased from 1,435 reported on Monday to 1,433, down by two.

Dutchess has been experiencing a weekslong rise in its number of active COVID-19 cases. The number peaked at 2,576 on Jan. 16 and then fell to 713 by Feb. 15 before starting a steady increase.

Meanwhile, Dutchess also reported Tuesday that there were no additional deaths, with the total remaining at 425 since the pandemic began in March 2020 to 425.

The county also said Tuesday that 62 residents were hospitalized with COVID-19, up by 10 from the day before.

Dutchess has had 25,807 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the local outbreak began. Its latest seven-day average of positive test results is 4.63.

The vaccine tracker says 30.3 percent of Dutchess County residents have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. It says that 45,267 people have completed the vaccination process while 89,096 people have got at least one dose.