Governor Hochul Updates New Yorkers on State's Progress Combating COVID-19 - JANUARY 24, 2022

 

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

Total COVID-19 Hospitalizations Decreased by Nearly 2,000 Over Past Week

133 COVID-19 Deaths Statewide Yesterday

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

"Our hard work to bring down the numbers during the winter surge is paying off, but we are not through this yet," Governor Hochul said. "Let's keep using the tools - the vaccine, booster and masks - that will help slow the spread of this virus, protect our families, and keep our schools and businesses open."    

Today's data is summarized briefly below: 

• Test Results Reported – 143,388
• Total Positive – 12,259
• Percent Positive – 8.55%
• 7-Day Average Percent Positive – 10.00%
• Patient Hospitalization – 9,798 (-49)
• Patients Newly Admitted – 927
• Patients in ICU – 1479 (+22)
• Patients in ICU with Intubation – 838 (-7)
• Total Discharges – 265,172 (+904)
• New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS – 133
• Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS – 51,987

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 – 64,872  

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 – 35,507,187
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours – 40,547
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days – 473,583
• 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 – 81.7%   
• 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) – 84.2%   
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose – 79.8%   
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series – 71.4%   
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) – 87.0%   
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) – 73.6%