Governor Hochul Updates New Yorkers on State's Progress Combating COVID-19 - FEBRUARY 7, 2022

 

3,795 Cases Statewide Yesterday, Lowest Since November 8

New Cases Down More than 40% Over Past Week

New COVID-19 Admissions Down Across All Regions

Statewide COVID-19 Hospitalizations Down Nearly 30% Over Past Week

90 COVID-19 Deaths Statewide Yesterday

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

"The decline in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are cause for celebration and hope, but not complacency," Governor Hochul said. "There is still plenty of progress that can be made to ensure we stop the spread and keep our businesses and schools open. We know the tools that work - please get vaccinated if you haven't yet, and get boosted once you're eligible."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

• Test Results Reported - 90,292
• Total Positive - 3,795
• Percent Positive - 4.20%
• 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 4.53%
• Patient Hospitalization - 5,069 (-78)
• Patients Newly Admitted - 422
• Patients in ICU - 814 (-40)
• Patients in ICU with Intubation - 452 (-42)
• Total Discharges - 277,571 (+427)
• New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 90
• Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 53,715

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 - 67,222

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 - 36,213,205
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours - 29,225
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days - 318,830
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose - 91.1%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series - 82.3%
• 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) - 84.9%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 12-17 with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 80.3%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 12-17 with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 70.1%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose - 80.4%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series - 72.3%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 88.0%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 74.6%