New York has become the fourth state to record more than 1 million cases of Covid-19 since the coronavirus pandemic began.
According to NBC News, there are 1,014,044 confirmed cases in New York as of Saturday. California still tops the list with 2.3 million confirmed cases, the most of any state in the country. According to public health officials, Los Angeles County reported about 806,210 cases as of Saturday.
Florida and Texas have 1.3 million cases and 1.7 million cases, respectively.
The U.S. also reported more than 350,000 coronavirus deaths on Saturday.
Public health officials in New York say the official number of cases is a significant count, as many people in the New York area were infected with the coronavirus last year when the test was largely unavailable, reports NBC New York.
“By the beginning of 2021, I urge all New Yorkers to look after their better angels and continue the practices we know, to stop the spread of this virus. Wash your hands, keep social distance and wear a mask, “Governor Andrew Cuomo said in a statement. .
Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city only wants to vaccinate one million residents in January.
The United States ended 2020 with the deadliest and most contagious month since the start of the pandemic.
More than 77,000 people died in December, while 6.4 million people contracted the virus amid the emergence of a new variant and slowing efforts to vaccinate people. The second deadliest month was April 2020 with more than 58,000 deaths.
At least four cases of the Covid-19 variant first detected in the UK have recently been reported in Colorado, California and Florida, but public health experts believe it is likely to spread elsewhere in the country.