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

Yesterday Statewide Positivity is Below 2% for First Time Since Omicron Named Variant of Concern - Lowest Since October 23 

 

Hospitalizations Below 2,750 - Lowest Since November 27 

 

39 COVID-19 Deaths Statewide Yesterday 

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

"As we continue to see hospitalizations and cases decrease, I want to thank New Yorkers who have been doing their part to keep each other safe," Governor Hochul said. "As New York continues to build back from the pandemic, I want to remind everyone how critically important it is to use the tools at our disposal and get vaccinated and boosted to ensure we continue our incredible progress as we head into the spring."    

Today's data is summarized briefly below: 

• Test Results Reported - 177,826 
• Total Positive - 3,050 
• Percent Positive - 1.72% 
• 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 2.36% 
• Patient Hospitalization - 2,745 (-131) 
• Patients Newly Admitted - 325 
• Patients in ICU - 460 (-30) 
• Patients in ICU with Intubation - 258 (-30) 
• Total Discharges - 283,238 (+405) 
• New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 39 
• Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 54,412 

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 - 68,628

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 - 36,699,053
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours - 29,087
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days - 262,473
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose - 91.5% 
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series - 82.7%
• 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) - 85.3%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 12-17 with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 81.0%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 12-17 with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 70.9%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose - 80.9%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series - 72.8%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 88.5%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 75.1%