Sunday, October 24, 2021

Governor Hochul Updates New Yorkers on State's Progress Combating COVID-19 - OCTOBER 24, 2021

 Clinical specimen testing for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) at Wadsworth Laboratory

50,355 Vaccine Doses Administered Over Last 24 Hours

32 COVID-19 Deaths Statewide Yesterday


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

"New Yorkers are resilient, they are thoughtful, and throughout the pandemic they have proven they will do what is necessary to keep their communities safe," Governor Hochul said. "The vaccine is the best asset we have in protecting ourselves from COVID-19. Getting the vaccine is free, it's effective, and there are doses readily available all throughout the state."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

  • Test Results Reported - 162,737
  • Total Positive - 2,861
  • Percent Positive - 1.76%
  • 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 2.12%
  • Patient Hospitalization - 2,007 (-41)
  • Patients Newly Admitted - 251
  • Patients in ICU - 453 (-8)
  • Patients in ICU with Intubation - 245 (-5)
  • Total Discharges - 206,835 (+265)
  • New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 32
  • Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 45,348

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 - 57,617

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 - 26,637,790
  • Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours - 50,355
  • Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days - 363,041
  • Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose - 83.6%
  • Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series - 76.0%
  • Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 86.7%
  • Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 78.0%
  • Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose - 70.8%
  • Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series - 64.3%
  • Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 73.5%
  • Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 66.1%

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