Governor Hochul Updates New Yorkers on State's Progress Combating COVID-19 - JANUARY 15, 2022

 

47,870 Positives Yesterday, Down from Surge-High 90,132 on January 7

Percent Positivity 14.62% Yesterday, Down from Surge-High 23.17% on January 2

12,169 New Yorkers Hospitalized Yesterday, Down 38 Hospitalizations From Day Before    

187 COVID-19 Deaths Statewide Yesterday

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

"We are turning the corner on the winter surge, but we're not through this yet," Governor Hochul said. "Please keep getting vaccinated, getting the booster dose, getting our children vaccinated, and wearing non-cloth masks. Let's not undo all the hard work we've put in to bring the numbers down."

Today's data is summarized briefly below: 

• Test Results Reported - 327,427
• Total Positive - 47,870
• Percent Positive - 14.62%
• 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 17.59%
• Patient Hospitalization - 12,169 (-38)
• Patients Newly Admitted - 1,843
• Patients in ICU - 1653 (+34)
• Patients in ICU with Intubation - 896 (+32)
• Total Discharges - 252,862 (+1,736)
• New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 187
• Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 50,522

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 - 62,891

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 - 34,913,218
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours - 101,571
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days - 615,418
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose - 90.2% 
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series - 81.2% 
• 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) - 83.7%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose - 79.2%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series - 70.8% 
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 86.0% 
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 72.9%