With the Delta variant of COVID-19 fueling a recent infection increase, Mayor Bill de Blasio made clear on Wednesday that the city would double down on efforts to vaccinate New Yorkers against the potentially deadly virus.
Until recently, COVID-19 cases had plummeted to record lows in the Big Apple thanks, in part, to the city’s robust vaccination effort. De Blasio said the proof of its success was found in data released on July 14 which showed that the program had potentially spared more than 8,000 lives and kept an estimated quarter-million New Yorkers from becoming ill.
