Saturday, March 19, 2022

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

Clinical specimen testing for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) at Wadsworth Laboratory

 Lowest Number of Hospitalizations Since August 3

5 COVID-19 Deaths Statewide Yesterday


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

"Getting the vaccine is the best way to keep yourself, your community and your loved ones safe against COVID-19," Governor Hochul said. "We've made tremendous progress in our fight against COVID and we cannot stop now. If you have yet to get the first dose, second dose, or booster, do so today. They are free, effective, and readily available statewide."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:      

  • Test Results Reported - 136,585
  • Total Positive - 2,642
  • Percent Positive - 1.93%  
  • 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 1.85%
  • Patient Hospitalization - 925 (-53)
  • Patients Newly Admitted - 127
  • Patients in ICU - 147 (-10)
  • Patients in ICU with Intubation - 76 (-6)
  • Total Discharges - 289,198 (+141)
  • New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 5
  • Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 55,029

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 - 37,300,871
  • Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours - 15,718
  • Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days - 89,423
  • 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  

Wednesday, March 16, 2022 

Thursday, March 17, 2022 

Friday, March 18, 2022 

Bronx 

0.71% 

0.76% 

0.81% 

Kings 

1.35% 

1.37% 

1.41% 

New York 

1.72% 

1.81% 

1.95% 

Queens 

1.08% 

1.14% 

1.14% 

Richmond 

1.07% 

1.09% 

1.12% 

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