State Fairgrounds COVID vaccination site reaches up to 10K doses a day

GEDDES — The COVID-19 mass vaccination site at the New York State Fairgrounds is now pumping out up to about 10,000 total doses per day.

Vaccinators at the Expo Center vaccine site put 9,758 doses into arms over a 24-hour period on March 8-9 and 8,874 doses over a 24-hour period on March 7-8, the state said.

The State Fairgrounds vaccination venue went to a 24-hour format starting on the night of March 5 with the introduction of the newly approved one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine. That vaccine is administered in the overnight hours while the Pfizer two-dose vaccine is deployed during the rest of day.

The site has drawn vaccine seekers from across upstate New York, including the Buffalo, Albany, and Hudson Valley areas.