Governor Hochul Updates New Yorkers on State's Progress Combating COVID-19 - OCTOBER 10, 2021

 

48,326 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.  

"Getting vaccinated is the best thing you can do to keep yourself and your loved ones safe against COVID-19," Governor Hochul said. "We recently hit an important milestone of eighty-five percent of adult New Yorkers with their first dose and we get closer to ninety percent every day. The vaccine is safe, effective and readily available - if you haven't already, get yours as soon as possible." 

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

• Test Results Reported - 108,006
• Total Positive - 2,785
• Percent Positive - 2.58%
• 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 2.49%
• Patient Hospitalization - 2,045 (-75)
• Patients Newly Admitted - 253
• Patients in ICU - 456 (-6)
• Patients in ICU with Intubation - 243 (-11)
• Total Discharges - 203,462
• New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 34
• Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 44,876

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 - 57,047

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 - 25,899,222
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours - 48,326
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days - 420,638
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose - 82.6%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series - 74.7%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 85.1%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 76.3%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose - 70.0%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series - 63.1%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 72.2%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 64.5%