Governor Hochul Updates New Yorkers on State's Progress Combating Covid-19 - JANUARY 29, 2022

Statewide New Cases Declined by 50% Over Past Week

Statewide Hospitalizations Dropped By More Than 500 Over Past 24 hours    

125 COVID-19 Deaths Statewide Yesterday

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

"We're getting through this winter surge and we know what to do. We know how to handle this. No one is more resilient anywhere in this country than New Yorkers," Governor Hochul said. "So let's use to the tools - vaccines, boosters and masks - let's be safe, and we'll get through this together as we always have."  

Today's data is summarized briefly below:     

• Test Results Reported - 215,254
• Total Positive - 12,332
• Percent Positive - 5.73%   
• 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 7.30% 
• Patient Hospitalization - 7,675 (-506)   
• Patients Newly Admitted - 863
• Patients in ICU - 1,186 (-63) 
• Patients in ICU with Intubation - 715 (-26)   
• Total Discharges - 270,856 (+1152) 
• New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 125
• Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 52,748

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 - 65,427

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 - 35,831,901
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours - 72,779
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days - 421,998
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose - 90.8% 
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series - 82.0%
• 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) - 84.5%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose - 80.1%     
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series - 71.8%     
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 87.4%     
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 74.0%