New data shows massive slowdown in NYC COVID-19 vaccinations

The number of New York City residents getting their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine has plummeted by two-thirds in recent weeks — even though just half of eligible residents have gotten a shot so far, Health Department data shows.

Just 136,710 people age 16 or older got their first shot of one of the three available vaccines over the most recently completed week, which stretches from April 25 and May 1. That’s down a staggering 67 percent from the all-time high of 410,917 people who got their first coronavirus jab in New York City during the week that spanned April 4 to April 10.