Governor Hochul Updates New Yorkers on State's Progress Combating COVID-19 - MARCH 22, 2022

 7-Day Average Positivity is 1.78% - Lowest in Four Days

950 Hospitalizations - Under 1,000 for Five Consecutive Days

7 COVID-19 Deaths Statewide Yesterday

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

"We are moving forward safely through this pandemic thanks to New Yorkers getting vaccinated," Governor Hochul said. "The booster improves your protection against new variants, and I'm calling on New Yorkers who haven't yet -- and are eligible -- to sign up and get boosted as soon as you can. The booster is a critical tool to continue our progress and keep both cases and hospitalizations down."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

• Test Results Reported - 63,513
• Total Positive - 1,497
• Percent Positive - 2.36%
• 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 1.78%
• Patient Hospitalization - 950 (+49)
• Patients Newly Admitted - 129
• Patients in ICU - 162 (+3)
• Patients in ICU with Intubation - 71
• Total Discharges - 289,527 (+73)
• New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 7
• Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 55,057

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 - 70,062

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 - 37,333,275
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours - 11,239
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days - 91,939
• 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) - 86.0%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 12-17 with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 82.3%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 12-17 with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 72.4%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose - 81.4%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series - 73.7%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 89.4%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 76.0%

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

BOROUGH	Saturday, March 19, 2022	Sunday, March 20, 2022	Monday, March 21, 2022
Bronx	0.83%	0.84%	0.66%
Kings	1.38%	1.40%	1.16%
New York	2.03%	2.11%	1.87%
Queens	1.17%	1.20%	1.04%
Richmond	1.11%	1.19%	1.07%