Governor Hochul Updates New Yorkers on State's Progress Combating COVID-19 - DECEMBER 29, 2021

 

139,264 Vaccine Doses Administered Over Last 24 Hours    

97 COVID-19 Deaths Statewide Yesterday

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

“As we approach the New Year it is vitally important that we don’t let our guard down in our fight against the pandemic,” Governor Hochul said. “Let’s make it our collective New Year’s resolution to leave COVID in the past. We have the tools and we know what works – mask up, get vaccinated, get boosted, and exercise caution in large gatherings, especially this weekend.”

Today's data is summarized briefly below: 

• Test Results Reported - 362,594
• Total Positive - 67,090
• Percent Positive - 18.50%
• 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 14.61%
• Patient Hospitalization - 6,767 (+594)
• Patients Newly Admitted – 1,474
• Patients in ICU - 962 (+17)
• Patients in ICU with Intubation - 499 (-20)
• Total Discharges - 228,609 (+897)
• New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 97
• Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 48,249

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 – 61,159

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 - 33,368,704
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours - 139,264
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days - 675,444
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose - 88.9% 
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series - 80.5% 
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 95.0%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 82.8%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose - 77.7%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series - 69.6% 
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) – 83.6% 
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 71.6%