Governor Hochul Updates New Yorkers on State's Progress Combating COVID-19 - DECEMBER 2, 2021

 

127,089 Vaccine Doses Administered Over Last 24 Hours

49 COVID-19 Deaths Statewide Yesterday

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

"We are carefully monitoring the spread of COVID-19 and the emergence of the Omicron variant, which was detected in a visitor to New York City. Let me be clear: this is not cause for alarm," Governor Hochul said. "I want all New Yorkers to know that their state government is prepared for this. Thanks to the life-saving tools at our disposal, like vaccines and boosters, we have the tools in our arsenal to fight this pandemic. I urge every New Yorker to take the necessary steps to keep themselves and their communities safe: get vaccinated, get boosted and wear a mask."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

• Test Results Reported - 233,784
• Total Positive - 11,300
• Percent Positive - 4.83%
• 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 4.61%
• Patient Hospitalization - 3,093 (+71)
• Patients Newly Admitted - 471
• Patients in ICU - 591 (+5)
• Patients in ICU with Intubation - 314 (+1)
• Total Discharges - 216,218 (+371)
• New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 49
• Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 46,623

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 - 59,280

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 - 30,005,074
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours - 127,089
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days - 565,319
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose - 86.0%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series - 78.4%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 91.0%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 80.8%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose - 74.3%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series - 66.7%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 78.4%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 68.6%