Governor Hochul Updates New Yorkers on State's Progress Combating COVID-19 - OCTOBER 15, 2021

 

66,510 Vaccine Doses Administered Over Last 24 Hours

30 COVID-19 Deaths Statewide Yesterday

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

"COVID-19 is still a threat to many New Yorkers who haven't been vaccinated yet, and even through we've made progress on getting shots in arms, the vaccination rate needs to continue going up," Governor Hochul said. "We're operating convenient vaccination sites across the state, getting the word out to the 12 to 16 age group and offering exciting incentives to get the shot, but the buck stops with New Yorkers. Each and every eligible New Yorker should get vaccinated right away to protect their friends, families and communities."

 

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

• Test Results Reported - 236,861
• Total Positive - 5,693
• Percent Positive - 2.40%
• 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 2.50%
• Patient Hospitalization - 2,112 (+7)
• Patients Newly Admitted - 289
• Patients in ICU - 458 (-2)
• Patients in ICU with Intubation - 255 (+5)
• Total Discharges - 204,619 (+254)
• New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 30
• Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 45,045

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 - 57,288

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 - 26,157,135
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours - 66,510
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days - 379,842
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose - 83.0%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series - 75.1%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 85.4%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 76.6%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose - 70.3%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series - 63.5%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 72.4%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 64.8%