Governor Hochul Updates New Yorkers on State's Progress Combating COVID-19 - OCTOBER 26, 2021

 

61,303 Vaccine Doses Administered Over Last 24 Hours  

34 COVID-19 Deaths Statewide Yesterday 

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

"New Yorkers have made tremendous progress in the fight against COVID, but make no mistake - our work is not done," Governor Hochul said. "We all remember the spike in infections last winter and it's now on all of us to ensure it doesn't happen again. As we move towards colder months and more opportunities for people to gather indoors, the vaccine has become even more important. There's no reason to wait - it's free, it's available and it's the right thing to do, so get your shot today." 

  

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

• Test Results Reported - 92,974
• Total Positive - 2,203 
• Percent Positive - 2.37%
• 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 2.09% 
• Patient Hospitalization - 2044 (0) 
• Patients Newly Admitted - 204 
• Patients in ICU - 454 (-7) 
• Patients in ICU with Intubation - 256 (+4) 
• Total Discharges - 207,158 (+156) 
• New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 34 
• Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 45,411 

The Health Electronic Response Data System is a NYS DOH 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 - 57,845 

This daily COVID-19 provisional death certificate data reported by NYS DOH and NYC to the 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 - 26,744,310 
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours - 61,303 
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days - 390,180 
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose - 83.7% 
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series - 76.1% 
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 86.8 
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 78.2% 
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose - 71.0% 
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series - 64.4% 
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 73.6% 
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 66.2%