Governor Hochul Updates New Yorkers on State's Progress Combating COVID-19 - OCTOBER 5, 2021

 

46,455 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.  

"Our focus remains keeping kids in schools, returning people to work, and reopening New York safely," Governor Hochul said. "We all know the best way to ensure our continued progress is to get more shots in arms. If you are still unvaccinated you are far more vulnerable. I urge everyone who still needs their shot to get it as soon as possible because we cannot afford to take risks with all the progress we've achieved."

 

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

• Test Results Reported - 142,635
• Total Positive - 3,877
• Percent Positive - 2.72%
• 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 2.34%
• Patient Hospitalization - 2,231 (+23)
• Patients Newly Admitted - 246
• Patients in ICU - 519 (-10)
• Patients in ICU with Intubation - 288 (-12)
• Total Discharges - 201,994 (+187)
• New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 38
• Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 44,703

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 - 56,978

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 - 25,567,201
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours - 46,455
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days - 454,265
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose - 82.1%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series - 74.1%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 84.8%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 76.0%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose - 69.5%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series - 62.6%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 71.9%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 64.2%