Governor Hochul Updates New Yorkers on State's Progress Combating COVID-19 - NOVEMBER 8, 2021

 

58,145 Vaccine Doses Administered Over Last 24 Hours

30 COVID-19 Deaths Statewide Yesterday

New State Website Providing Helpful Info About Child Vaccination 

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

"I'm proud of New Yorkers for all of the progress we've made in fighting this pandemic," Governor Hochul said. "Each day we get closer to beating COVID-19, but we cannot get complacent. This vaccine is our best weapon, and now children can begin getting vaccinated as well. We must all be an ambassador of this vaccine and tell our loved ones to get vaccinated as soon as possible."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

• Test Results Reported - 111,451
• Total Positive - 3,480
• Percent Positive - 3.12%
• 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 2.59%
• Patient Hospitalization - 1,794 (-11)
• Patients Newly Admitted - 221
• Patients in ICU - 376 (-16)
• Patients in ICU with Intubation - 219 (-10)
• Total Discharges - 210,060 (+183)
• New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 30
• Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 45,821

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 - 58,306

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 - 27,801,093
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours - 58,145
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days - 547,664
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose - 84.8%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series - 77.1%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 88.4%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 79.3%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose - 71.9%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series - 65.3%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 75.0%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 67.2%