How the Coronavirus Variants Are Spreading in New York City
New, searchable ZIP code-level data provides a close look at how contagious variants have kept New York’s case levels alarmingly high.
The original forms of the virus are increasingly unusual across the city, as the variants continue to spread.Credit.Spencer Platt/Getty Images
April 13, 2021Updated 2:23 p.m. ET
The number of new coronavirus cases in New York City has remained alarmingly, and stubbornly, high for weeks, even as tens of thousands of people are vaccinated daily.
A likely reason is that more contagious variants have displaced the original forms of the virus, public health officials have said, accounting for more than 75 percent of new cases, according to a recent analysis.
Who can get the vaccine?
Currently, vaccines are supposed to go to medical personnel, nursing home residents, certain kinds of essential workers (including police, teachers and some grocery workers), and anyone age 65 and older.
You can find the most up-to-date information at eligibility pages run by New York City and New York State.
I already had Covid-19, can I still get a vaccine?
Yes.
The city’s F.A.Q. page explains why it’s fine and a good idea. It suggests waiting for 90 days after your last positive test, but the site does not say that staff will turn you away if you come sooner.