Governor Hochul Updates New Yorkers on State's Progress Combating COVID-19 - FEBRUARY 1, 2022

92% Drop in Covid-19 Cases from January 7 Peak

43% Drop in Statewide COVID-19 Hospitalization from January 12 Peak

122 COVID-19 Deaths Statewide Yesterday

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

"I'm so proud of the hard work New Yorkers have put in to fight this winter surge, "Governor Kathy Hochul said. "Just like the snow is melting, hopefully these numbers continue to melt away as well, but we can't get complacent. If you haven't, go get vaccinated or boosted as soon as possible and wear your mask indoors to ensure we can continue this declining trend." 

Today's data is summarized briefly below: 

• Test Results Reported - 120,322
• Total Positive - 7,119
• Percent Positive - 5.92%
• 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 6.27%
• Patient Hospitalization - 7,131 (-60) 
• Patients Newly Admitted - 580
• Patients in ICU - 1140 (-21)
• Patients in ICU with Intubation - 667 (-34)
• Total Discharges - 272,871 (+476)
• New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 122
• Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 53,088

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 - 66,319

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 - 35,934,978
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours - 40,603
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days - 371,768
• 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) - 84.6%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose - 80.2%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series - 71.9%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 87.6%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 74.1%