Governor Hochul Updates New Yorkers on State's Progress Combating COVID-19 - JANUARY 22, 2022

Statewide Positivity Rate Below 10% for Second Day in a Row

Cases Per 100k (7-Day Average) Declining in All Regions

179 COVID-19 Deaths Statewide Yesterday

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

"We are below 10% positivity rate for the second day in a row. This is extraordinary progress," Governor Hochul said. "As we continue to see numbers trend downward, let's also continue to do the right thing. Wash your hands, get the vaccine if you haven't already, get the booster dose, and wear a mask. We will continue to see this downward trend in other parts of the state soon."

Today's data is summarized briefly below: 

• Test Results Reported - 299,580
• Total Positive - 27,643
• Percent Positive - 9.23%
• 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 11.36%   
• Patient Hospitalization - 10,477 (-539)   
• Patients Newly Admitted - 1,264
• Patients in ICU - 1,504 (-44)   
• Patients in ICU with Intubation - 884 (+4)   
• Total Discharges - 262,654 (1,581)   
• New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 179
• Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 51,716

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 - 64,120  

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 - 35,409,903
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours - 80,188
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days - 496,685
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose - 90.6%   
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series - 81.6%   
• 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) - 84.1%   
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose - 79.7%   
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series - 71.3%   
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 86.8%   
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 73.5%