Thursday, 28 January 2021 15:14

New York Anticipates 16% Increase in Number of Vaccines Starting Next Week

94-year-old Jo Ambrosio receives her vaccine from pharmacy intern Ben Schmidt on Jan. 27, 2020 at Prestwick Chase, a Saratoga senior independent living community. Photo by SuperSource Media. 94-year-old Jo Ambrosio receives her vaccine from pharmacy intern Ben Schmidt on Jan. 27, 2020 at Prestwick Chase, a Saratoga senior independent living community. Photo by SuperSource Media.

SARATOGA SPRINGS — This week residents of Prestwick Chase Senior Living Home received doses of the COVID vaccine. 

As of Jan. 25, there were 18,116 Saratoga County residents overall who had received one dose and 3,083 county residents who had received two doses of COVID vaccine, according to Saratoga County Public Health Services. 

According to President Joe Biden’s plan, vaccine distribution will be increased by 16% during the next three weeks. Most recently and before the increase was announced, New York State had received about 250,000 vaccines.   

With a state distribution plan based on population, the eight-county Capital Region – of which Saratoga County is a part – receives 6% of the state dosages, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Using that equation, the Capital Region can expect about 17,250 vaccines per week for each of the next three weeks. 

Through Jan. 27, about 1.4 million total doses – some of which includes second doses -were administered in New York State, about 96,000 of those in the Capital Region.  

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