Governor Hochul Updates New Yorkers on State's Progress Combating COVID-19 - DECEMBER 6, 2021

79,660 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 have to stay vigilant as the new variant, winter weather, and more time spent indoors with friends and family increases the likelihood of the virus spreading," Governor Hochul said. "But we are not where we were a year ago - we now have the tools to fight this pandemic and prevent New Yorkers from getting severely ill from COVID-19. Get vaccinated if you haven't already, get your booster if you have, encourage others to get the shot, and mask up."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:  

• Test Results Reported - 122,336
• Total Positive - 6,078
• Percent Positive - 4.97%
• 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 4.82%
• Patient Hospitalization - 3,285 (+49)
• Patients Newly Admitted - 375
• Patients in ICU - 621 (+2)
• Patients in ICU with Intubation - 335 (+2)
• Total Discharges - 217,702 (+315)
• New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 49 
• Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 46,806

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 - 59,522

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 - 30,515,048
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours - 79,660
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days - 831,872
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose - 86.3%   
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series - 78.7%  
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 91.7% 
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 81.1%  
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose - 74.7%  
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series - 67.2%  
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 79.3%  
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 69.1%