Governor Hochul Updates New Yorkers on State's Progress Combating COVID-19 - JANUARY 5, 2022

 

104,713 Vaccine Doses Administered Over Last 24 Hours    

96 COVID-19 Deaths Statewide Yesterday

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

“I know New Yorkers are exhausted, but we can't let up against this winter surge,” Governor Hochul said. “Let's continue to use the tools that will protect ourselves, our children and our vulnerable loved ones from getting severely sick or hospitalized from COVID. Please get fully vaccinated, get the booster, wear a non-cloth well-fitting mask and exercise caution while indoors."

Today's data is summarized briefly below: 

• Test Results Reported – 348,911
• Total Positive – 77,859
• Percent Positive - 22.31%
• 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 22.45%
• Patient Hospitalization - 10,867 (+456)
• Patients Newly Admitted - 1,968
• Patients in ICU - 1,359 (+57)
• Patients in ICU with Intubation - 657 (+32)
• Total Discharges - 236,684 (+1,439)
• New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 96
• Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 48,898

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 - 61,749

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 - 33,974,613
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours – 104,713
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days - 605,909
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose - 89.4% 
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series - 80.7% 
• 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) - 83.1%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose - 78.3%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series - 70.0% 
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 84.6% 
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 72.0%