Governor Hochul Updates New Yorkers on State's Progress Combating COVID-19 - JANUARY 18, 2022

 

7-Day Average New Hospital Admissions Down 13.6% Since Last Week  

7-Day Average New Cases Down 38.9% Over Last 7 Days  

168 COVID-19 Deaths Statewide Yesterday 

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

"We hope to close the books on this winter surge soon, so we can turn the page and open the book on our 2023 budget outlook and focus on the post pandemic future," Governor Hochul said. "As numbers continue to move in the right direction, we need to remain vigilant against the winter surge by getting the vaccine and boosters, continuing to use masks, and staying home if you feel sick, so we can keep our fellow New Yorkers safe. Let's not undo all of the progress we've made."  

Today's data is summarized briefly below:     

• Test Results Reported – 178,771   
• Total Positive – 22,312   
• Percent Positive – 12.48%   
• 7-Day Average Percent Positive – 15.04%   
• Patient Hospitalization – 11,928 (+177)   
• Patients Newly Admitted – 1,160   
• Patients in ICU – 1,569 (-33)   
• Patients in ICU with Intubation – 890 (-10)   
• Total Discharges – 256,630 (882)   
• New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 168   
• Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS – 51,013

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 – 63,553   

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 – 35,084,862  
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours – 51,258   
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days – 570,756   
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose – 90.3%   
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series – 81.3%   
•  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 – 79.4%   
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series – 70.9%   
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) – 86.1%   
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) – 73.0%