Governor Hochul Updates New Yorkers on State's Progress Combating Covid-19 - SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

 

49,338 Vaccine Doses Administered Over Last 24 Hours

31 COVID-19 Deaths Statewide Yesterday

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

"COVID-19 remains a threat to New Yorkers across the state, and it's critical that we take decisive action to vaccinate more people and slow the spread," Governor Hochul said. "We continue to implement important masking requirements to protect children and families, but getting shots in arms is the key to a safe and healthy future. Vaccines are available for free at convenient sites and millions of people have taken them, so I urge all New Yorkers who haven't to get vaccinated immediately."

 

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

 

• Test Results Reported - 207,697
• Total Positive - 5,275
• Percent Positive - 2.54%
• 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 2.99%
• Patient Hospitalization - 2,295 (-87)
• Patients Newly Admitted - 285
• Patients in ICU - 545 (-12)
• Patients in ICU with Intubation - 320 (+8)
• Total Discharges - 197,959 (+330)
• New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 31
• Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 44,165

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 - 56,184

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 - 24,671,208
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours - 49,338
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days - 362,240
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose - 80.0%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series - 72.2%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 82.5%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 74.0%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose - 67.7%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series - 60.9%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 69.9%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 62.4%