Governor Hochul Updates New Yorkers on State's Progress Combating COVID-19 - AUGUST 30, 2021

 

36,132 Vaccine Doses Administered Over Last 24 Hours  

18 COVID-19 Deaths Statewide Yesterday   

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

"While we have come so far in containing COVID, the virus is still a threat to our communities - it is up to us to prevent it from spreading any further," Governor Kathy Hochul said. "Wear a mask, wash your hands and, if you haven't already, get vaccinated today. The vaccine is effective, it's safe, and it's available free of charge. It is the best protection we have against COVID."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

• Test Results Reported - 107,325
• Total Positive - 4,147
• Percent Positive - 3.86%
• 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 3.31%
• Patient Hospitalization - 2,186 (+38)
• Patients Newly Admitted - 235
• Patients in ICU - 468 (+23)
• Patients in ICU with Intubation - 229 (+7)
• Total Discharges - 192,654 (+201)
• New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 18
• Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 43,551

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 - 55,533

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 - 23,619,551
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours - 36,132
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days - 356,922
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose - 76.8%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series - 69.7%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 79.6%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 71.5%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose - 64.8%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series - 58.4%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 67.2%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 59.9%