Governor Hochul Updates New Yorkers On State's Progress Combating COVID-19 - JANUARY 27, 2022

 

Statewide COVID-19 Hospitalizations Drop by Nearly 600 in Past 24 Hours

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

134 COVID-19 Deaths Statewide Yesterday

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

"I want to thank New Yorkers for doing their part to help fight the winter surge and keep our loved ones safe, but let's not take our progress for granted," Governor Hochul said. "Keeping our friends, loved ones, and fellow New Yorkers safe and healthy is a team effort. We know what works - get vaccinated if you haven't yet, get the booster if you have, and if you've done both make sure your friends and family do as well."

Today's data is summarized briefly below: 

• Test Results Reported - 235,742
• Total Positive - 17,305
• Percent Positive - 7.34%
• 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 8.50%
• Patient Hospitalization - 8,741 (-594)
• Patients Newly Admitted - 1004
• Patients in ICU - 1318 (-37)
• Patients in ICU with Intubation - 771 (-25)
• Total Discharges - 268,518 (+1,397)
• New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 134
• Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 52,447

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 - 65,357

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 - 35,696,232
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours - 66,901
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days - 448,485
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose - 90.7%   
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series - 81.8%   
• 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) - 84.3%   
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose - 80.0%   
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series - 71.6%   
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 87.2%   
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 73.8%