Governor Hochul Updates New Yorkers on State's Progress Combating COVID-19 - JANUARY 30, 2022

 

Statewide Cases Have Dropped 90% Since January 7 Peak

Hospitalizations Declined by More than 550 in Past 24 Hours; Down Across All Regions and Among All Age Groups

124 COVID-19 Deaths Statewide Yesterday

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

"New Yorkers are doing the right thing - getting vaccinated and receiving their booster, wearing their masks, and staying home when they're sick," Governor Hochul said. "The winter surge plan, too, is working to ensure we manage COVID-19 after the peak of Omicron and keep New Yorkers healthy and safe. The vaccine is safe, effective, free, and readily available all over the state. If you haven't taken advantage of it yet, I encourage you to do so immediately - it's the best weapon we have in this fight against the pandemic."   

Today's data is summarized briefly below:    

• Test Results Reported - 173,385
• Total Positive - 8,781
• Percent Positive - 5.06%
• 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 6.92% 
• Patient Hospitalization - 7,117 (-558)   
• Patients Newly Admitted - 727
• Patients in ICU - 1,177 (-9)
• Patients in ICU with Intubation - 709 (-6)  
• Total Discharges - 272,065 (+1,209)
• New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 124
• Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 52,873

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 - 35,872,379
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours - 40,478
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days - 405,739
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose - 90.9%
• 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) - 87.5%   
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 74.0%