NY’s elderly COVID-19 vaccination rate lags behind

New York lags way behind the rest of the country when it comes to inoculating people over age 65 against the coronavirus, according to the latest CDC statistics.

The Empire State ranks 44th in the country on the percentage of folks over 65 who have gotten at least one COVID-19 vaccination shot, according to CDC data. Across the country, older people have been given vaccination priority, and 73 percent of Americans over 65 have now received at least one dose.