Governor Hochul Updates New Yorkers on State's Progress Combating COVID-19 - JANUARY 3, 2022

 

26,814 Vaccine Doses Administered Over Last 24 Hours    

103 COVID-19 Deaths Statewide Yesterday

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

“Let’s celebrate the first day of school in 2022 by ensuring we are taking the proper precautions to keep them open through the rest of the year,” Governor Hochul said. “We know how to overcome this winter surge: Get the vaccine, get the booster, mask up, get tested and stay home if you're feeling sick. If we don't use these tools, many more in our communities will get sick."

Today's data is summarized briefly below: 

• Test Results Reported - 223,153
• Total Positive - 51,698
• Percent Positive - 23.17%
• 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 21.49%
• Patient Hospitalization - 9,563 (+790)
• Patients Newly Admitted - 1,637
• Patients in ICU - 1,208 (+75)
• Patients in ICU with Intubation - 597 (+30)
• Total Discharges - 234,358 (+935)
• New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 103
• Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS – 48,689
  
  
  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 - 61,514
  
  
  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 - 33,793,621
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours - 26,814
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days - 660,230
• 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%