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

 

54,192 Vaccine Doses Administered Over Last 24 Hours  

38 COVID-19 Deaths Statewide Yesterday 

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

"Wear a mask, wash your hands, get your vaccine - it's that simple to keep your community safe from the spread of COVID-19," Governor Hochul said. "The vaccines are readily available, free and effective in keeping the virus at bay. Though we've made exceptional progress in our fight against the pandemic, we need to remain vigilant in doing what we can to keep ourselves and our loved ones healthy." 

  

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

• Test Results Reported - 283,866
• Total Positive - 4,744 
• Percent Positive - 1.99%
• 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 2.58% 
• Patient Hospitalization - 2,270 (-78) 
• Patients Newly Admitted - 270 
• Patients in ICU - 530 (-11) 
• Patients in ICU with Intubation - 292 (-15) 
• Total Discharges - 200,771 (+325) 
• New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 38 
• Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 44,550 

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 - 56,752 

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 - 24,231,422 
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours - 54,192 
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days - 384,915 
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose - 81.6% 
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series - 73.5% 
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 84.0% 
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 75.3% 
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose - 69.0% 
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series - 62.0% 
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 71.2% 
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 63.6%