Governor Hochul Updates New Yorkers On State’s Progress Combating COVID-19

by Contributor | January 16, 2022 4:58 pm

Governor Kathy Hochul today updated New Yorkers on the state’s progress combating COVID-19.

“We’re seeing the number of cases and hospitalizations continue to decline, but we are not out of the woods yet with this winter surge,” Governor Hochul said. “We need to remain vigilant and continue using the tools to protect ourselves and our loved ones. That means getting vaccinated, getting boosted, getting tested, and staying home, if you’re not feeling well.”

Today’s data is summarized briefly below:

· Test Results Reported – 397,524

· Total Positive – 51,264

· Percent Positive – 12.90%

· 7-Day Average Percent Positive – 16.37%

· Patient Hospitalization – 11,713 (-456)

· Patients Newly Admitted – 1,544

· Patients in ICU – 1,613 (-40)

· Patients in ICU with Intubation – 910 (+14)

· Total Discharges – 254,678 (+1,816)

· New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS – 154

· Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS – 50,680

The Health Electronic Response Data System is a New York State Department of Health data source that collects confirmed daily death data as reported by hospitals, nursing homes and adult care facilities only.

· Total deaths reported to and compiled by the CDC – 62,891

This daily COVID-19 provisional death certificate data reported by NYS DOH and NYC to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) includes those who died in any location, including hospitals, nursing homes, adult care facilities, at home, in hospice and other settings.

· Total vaccine doses administered – 34,991,092

· Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours – 77,874

· Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days – 606,365

· Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose – 90.2%

· Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series – 81.3%

· Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) – 95.0%

· Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series (CDC) – 83.7%

· Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose – 79.3%

· Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series – 70.8%

· Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) – 86.1%

· Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) – 73.0%

 

Each region’s 7-day average of cases per 100K population is as follows

Region	Thursday, January 13, 2022	Friday,  January 14, 2022	Saturday,  January 15, 2022
Capital Region	237.95	222.79	214.06
Central New York	260.16	251.06	234.42
Finger Lakes	200.99	187.04	181.09
Long Island	320.18	285.50	246.23
Mid-Hudson	300.19	269.54	252.59
Mohawk Valley	203.50	190.72	182.39
New York City	398.92	357.18	333.21
North Country	190.71	186.10	181.23
Southern Tier	209.17	198.68	189.81
Western New York	244.71	224.04	213.99
Statewide	322.76	291.86	271.02

Each region’s 7-day average percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:

REGION	Thursday, January 13, 2022	Friday, January 14, 2022	Saturday,  January 15, 2022
Capital Region	18.95%	18.21%	17.59%
Central New York	20.98%	20.83%	20.57%
Finger Lakes	18.99%	18.60%	18.53%
Long Island	22.17%	20.86%	19.29%
Mid-Hudson	19.20%	17.47%	16.31%
Mohawk Valley	17.84%	17.62%	16.89%
New York City	17.55%	16.44%	15.05%
North Country	17.11%	17.08%	17.25%
Southern Tier	15.01%	14.98%	14.49%
Western New York	22.58%	21.88%	21.46%
Statewide	18.65%	17.59%	16.37%

Each New York City borough’s 7-day average percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:

BOROUGH	Thursday, January 13, 2022	Friday, January 14, 2022	Saturday,  January 15, 2022
Bronx	19.32%	17.84%	16.11%
Kings	16.28%	15.19%	13.95%
New York	14.16%	13.42%	12.44%
Queens	20.41%	19.20%	17.63%
Richmond	17.81%	16.69%	15.18%

Yesterday, 51,264 New Yorkers tested positive for COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 4,507,344. A geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	51,497	557
Allegany	7,724	55
Broome	39,639	322
Cattaraugus	13,046	90
Cayuga	13,820	131
Chautauqua	20,494	153
Chemung	18,531	217
Chenango	7,870	72
Clinton	12,883	221
Columbia	8,638	174
Cortland	8,868	137
Delaware	6,596	48
Dutchess	57,818	760
Erie	185,913	1,770
Essex	4,595	48
Franklin	7,588	55
Fulton	10,588	115
Genesee	12,166	136
Greene	7,522	56
Hamilton	738	4
Herkimer	11,947	87
Jefferson	16,337	202
Lewis	5,471	41
Livingston	10,114	167
Madison	10,877	80
Monroe	136,920	1,181
Montgomery	10,115	88
Nassau	374,615	2,742
Niagara	42,679	397
NYC	2,109,676	28,548
Oneida	46,305	378
Onondaga	92,358	1,011
Ontario	16,999	194
Orange	97,245	981
Orleans	7,659	96
Oswego	21,066	252
Otsego	8,234	88
Putnam	21,613	182
Rensselaer	26,855	295
Rockland	85,172	1,353
Saratoga	39,316	409
Schenectady	28,468	381
Schoharie	4,166	55
Schuyler	2,939	32
Seneca	4,845	70
St. Lawrence	17,412	145
Steuben	16,938	191
Suffolk	398,049	2,915
Sullivan	16,289	188
Tioga	9,180	131
Tompkins	14,695	235
Ulster	27,478	345
Warren	11,533	126
Washington	10,257	116
Wayne	14,663	161
Westchester	232,068	2,171
Wyoming	7,413	77
Yates	2,844	32

Below is data that shows how many hospitalized individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19 were admitted for COVID-19/COVID-19 complications and how many were admitted for non-COVID-19 conditions:

Region	COVID-19 Patients currently hospitalized	Admitted due to COVID or complications of COVID	% Admitted due to COVID or complications of COVID	Admitted where COVID was not included as one of the reasons for admission	% Admitted where COVID was not included as one of the reasons for admission
Capital Region	400	293	73%	107	27%
Central New York	322	246	76%	76	24%
Finger Lakes	732	424	58%	308	42%
Long Island	2,063	1,261	61%	802	39%
Mid-Hudson	1,273	804	63%	469	37%
Mohawk Valley	154	111	72%	43	28%
New York City	5,806	3,086	53%	2,720	47%
North Country	97	48	49%	49	51%
Southern Tier	211	127	60%	84	40%
Western New York	655	415	63%	240	37%
Statewide	11,713	6,815	58%	4,898	42%

The Omicron variant now represents more than 95% of the viruses in circulation. For more information on variant tracking, please visit here: (COVID-19 Variant Data | Department of Health (ny.gov)[1].

Yesterday, 154 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19, bringing the total to 50,680. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:

Deaths by County of Residence
County	New Deaths
Albany	3
Bronx	20
Broome	2
Chautauqua	1
Chemung	1
Clinton	2
Columbia	1
Dutchess	2
Erie	4
Franklin	1
Fulton	1
Jefferson	1
Kings	31
Livingston	1
Manhattan	13
Monroe	3
Montgomery	1
Nassau	9
Oneida	2
Onondaga	1
Ontario	1
Orange	2
Oswego	1
Queens	23
Rensselaer	1
Richmond	2
Rockland	3
Saratoga	1
Suffolk	13
Wayne	2
Westchester	5

All New York State mass vaccination sites are open to eligible New Yorkers aged five and older, with walk-in vaccination available at all sites on a first-come, first-serve basis for people aged 12 and older.

Information on which sites require appointments for children in the five-11 age group is available on our website[2]. People who prefer to make an appointment at a state-run mass vaccination site can do so on the Am I Eligible App[3]or by calling 1-833-NYS-4-VAX.

People may also contact their local health department, pharmacy, doctor or hospital to schedule appointments where vaccines are available, or visit vaccines.gov[4]to find information on vaccine appointments near them.

New Yorkers looking to schedule vaccine appointments for five-11-year-old children are encouraged to contact their child’s pediatrician, family physician, county health departments, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), rural health centers, or pharmacies that may be administering the vaccine for this age group.

Parents and guardians can visit vaccines.gov[4], text their ZIP code to 438829, or call 1-800-232-0233 to find nearby locations. Make sure that the provider offers the Pfizer-BioNTechCOVID-19 vaccine, as the other COVID-19 vaccines are not yet authorized for this age group.

Visit our website[5] for parents and guardians for new information, frequently asked questions and answers, and resources specifically designed for parents and guardians of this age group.

Yesterday, 16,217 New Yorkers received their first vaccine dose, and 11,283 completed their vaccine series. A geographic breakdown of New Yorkers who have been vaccinated by region is as follows:

	People with at least one vaccine dose		People with complete vaccine series
Region	Cumulative Total	Increase over past 24 hours	Cumulative Total	Increase over past 24 hours
Capital Region	951,302	619	865,491	307
Central New York	635,863	455	586,183	164
Finger Lakes	849,006	528	782,451	173
Long Island	2,126,749	899	1,871,807	829
Mid-Hudson	1,663,525	928	1,447,004	496
Mohawk Valley	320,108	161	295,805	70
New York City	7,797,241	11,243	6,810,048	8,504
North Country	297,717	168	268,167	58
Southern Tier	432,270	272	393,870	135
Western New York	937,870	944	855,002	547
Statewide	16,011,651	16,217	14,175,828	11,283

Booster/Additional Shots
Region	Cumulative Total	Increase over past 24 hours	Increase over past 7  days
Capital Region	405,249	2,679	23,094
Central New York	258,848	1,817	16,505
Finger Lakes	412,178	2,153	23,984
Long Island	800,206	6,564	58,620
Mid-Hudson	644,740	4,537	45,594
Mohawk Valley	139,821	906	7,654
New York City	1,990,505	21,610	133,069
North Country	121,253	378	8,179
Southern Tier	189,505	1,707	11,401
Western New York	451,168	2,907	24,228
Statewide	5,413,473	45,258	352,328

The COVID-19VaccineTracker Dashboard[6]is available to update New Yorkers on the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine.

The New York State Department of Health requires vaccinating facilities to report all COVID-19 vaccine administration data within 24 hours; the vaccine administration data on the dashboard is updated daily to reflect the most up-to-date metrics in the state’s vaccination effort.

New York State Department of Health-reported data from NYSIIS and CIR differs slightly from federally-reported data, which is inclusive of federally-administered doses and other minor differences. Both numbers are included in the release above.

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