Governor Hochul Updates New Yorkers on State's Progress Combating Covid-19 - MARCH 10, 2022

 

New Lowest 7-Day Average Statewide Positivity Since July 20 

Daily Statewide Positivity Has Been Under 2% for Two Consecutive Weeks

13 Covid-19 Deaths Statewide Yesterday

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

"New Yorkers should be proud of our continued progress in fighting the COVID-19 virus," Governor Hochul said. "Thanks to the millions of New Yorkers who got vaccinated, got the booster, and encouraged their family members to do the same, we see our numbers continuing to trend in the right direction. Let us remain vigilant and use the tools we know are effective."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:  

• Test Results Reported - 134,995
• Total Positive - 1,850
• Percent Positive - 1.37%
• 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 1.45%
• Patient Hospitalization - 1,279 (-115)
• Patients Newly Admitted - 151
• Patients in ICU - 213 (-21)
• Patients in ICU with Intubation - 124 (-9)
• Total Discharges - 287,769 (+206)
• New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 13
• Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 54,903

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 - 69,681

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 - 37,181,119
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours - 15,638
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days - 112,487
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose - 91.8%  
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series - 83.2%  
• 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) - 85.8%  
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 12-17 with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 82.0%  
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 12-17 with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 72.0%  
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose - 81.3%  
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series - 73.4%  
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 89.2%  
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 75.8%   

Each New York City borough's 7-day average percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:  

BOROUGH	Monday, March 7, 2022	Tuesday, March 8, 2022	Wednesday, March 9,   2022
Bronx	0.76%	0.73%	0.75%
Kings	0.93%	0.89%	0.93%
New York	1.33%	1.31%	1.37%
Queens	0.94%	0.90%	0.89%
Richmond	1.19%	1.16%	1.21%