Governor Hochul Updates New Yorkers on State's Progress Combating COVID-19 - JANUARY 2, 2022

 

25,649 Vaccine Doses Administered Over Last 24 Hours        

83 COVID-19 Deaths Statewide Yesterday

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

“New Yorkers returning to schools and workplaces on the first weekday of 2022 should take every possible precaution to stop the spread of COVID-19,” Governor Hochul said. “We all know the tools that keep us safe: vaccines, boosters, masks and tests. Let's all do our part and take these common-sense precautions, so New York can defeat the winter surge and come back stronger than before.” 

Today's data is summarized briefly below:      

• Test Results Reported - 275,563  
• Total Positive - 62,526  
• Percent Positive - 22.69%  
• 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 20.87%   
• Patient Hospitalization - 8,773 (+322)  
• Patients Newly Admitted - 1,518  
• Patients in ICU - 1133 (+21)   
• Patients in ICU with Intubation - 567 (+13)   
• Total Discharges - 233,423 (+1,239)
• New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 83  
• Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 48,581
  
  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 - 61,242
  
  ​​​​​​​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 - 33,766,807  
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours - 25,649  
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days - 661,258  
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose - 89.2%   
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series - 80.6%   
• 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) - 82.9%   
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose - 78.1%   
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series - 69.8%    
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 84.0%   
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 71.8%