Governor Hochul Updates New Yorkers on State's Progress Combating COVID-19 - DECEMBER 20, 2021

 

75,522 Vaccine Doses Administered Over Last 24 Hours    

60 COVID-19 Deaths Statewide Yesterday

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

“The winter surge in COVID-19 cases is a reminder that we must stay vigilant in our fight against the pandemic,” Governor Hochul said. “Make sure you are using all the tools that we know work in reducing the risk of transmission and serious illness: get vaccinated if you haven’t yet and get the booster if you have, mask up indoors and exercise caution when in large gatherings. Let’s make sure our loved ones and the most vulnerable among us this holiday season are there with us for the next and many more to come.” 

Today's data is summarized briefly below: 

• Test Results Reported - 258,612
• Total Positive - 23,391
• Percent Positive - 9.04%
• 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 7.40%
• Patient Hospitalization - 4,020 (+140)
• Patients Newly Admitted - 513
• Patients in ICU - 769 (+8)
• Patients in ICU with Intubation - 451 (+3)
• Total Discharges - 223,654 (+336)
• New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 60
• Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 47,613
  
  
  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 - 60,500
  
  
  
  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 - 32,448,118
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours - 75,522
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days - 1,086,412
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose - 88.0% 
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series – 80.1% 
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 94.5%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 82.4% 
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose - 76.7% 
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series – 69.0% 
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 82.2% 
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) – 71.0%

EDITOR'S NOTE:

Yesterday the statewide number of Omicron COVID cases was 192, and the number of Omicron cases in New York City was 41. Today those figures are missing.

Were the December 18, 2021 figures from the governor's office wrong, and what are the figures for December 19, 2021?