Governor Hochul Updates New Yorkers on State's Progress Combating COVID-19 - MARCH 18, 2022

 

Hospitalizations Have Fallen Below 1,000 For First Time Since August 4

16 COVID-19 Deaths Statewide Yesterday

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

"Thanks to New Yorkers remaining vigilant and getting vaccinated, our state continues to make strides in fighting the pandemic," Governor Hochul said. "The vaccine continues to be our most critical tool in keeping our positivity and hospitalization rates down, but we need to continue encouraging friends and loved ones to get vaccinated and boosted when they can. Parents and guardians should get their children vaccinated and boosted as soon as possible."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:  

• Test Results Reported - 128,877
• Total Positive - 2,089
• Percent Positive - 1.62%
• 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 1.76%
• Patient Hospitalization - 978 (-31)
• Patients Newly Admitted - 126
• Patients in ICU - 157 (+4)
• Patients in ICU with Intubation - 82 (-4)
• Total Discharges - 289,057 (+152)
• New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 16
• Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 55,024

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 - 69,958

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 - 37,285,153
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours - 14,891
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days - 87,671
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose - 91.9%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series - 83.3%
• 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) - 85.9%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 12-17 with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 82.2%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 12-17 with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 72.2%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose - 81.4%  
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series - 73.6%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 89.3%  
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 75.9%   

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

Borough	Tuesday, March 15, 2022	Wednesday, March 16, 2022	Thursday, March 17, 2022
Bronx	0.70%	0.71%	0.76%
Kings	1.34%	1.35%	1.37%
New York	1.73%	1.72%	1.81%
Queens	1.05%	1.08%	1.14%
Richmond	1.18%	1.07%	1.09%