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

 

Daily Positivity is 1.41% -- Under 2% Over Past 11 Consecutive Days  

17 COVID-19 Deaths Statewide Yesterday 

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

“We continue to see downward trends across the State thanks to the hard work and dedication of New Yorkers,” Governor Hochul said. “I am grateful for the resiliency and tenacity shown by New Yorkers throughout our battle with COVID-19. I have faith that we will continue to work together to battle whatever comes our way, and the best way to do that is for everyone who hasn’t gotten vaccinated to get their shot today.”       

Today's data is summarized briefly below:       

• Test Results Reported – 71,660 
• Total Positive – 1,013
• Percent Positive – 1.41%   
• 7-Day Average Percent Positive – 1.54% 
• Patient Hospitalization – 1,520 (+13) 
• Patients Newly Admitted – 128
• Patients in ICU – 258 (-11) 
• Patients in ICU with Intubation – 139 
• Total Discharges – 287,228(+152) 
• New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 17 
• Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS – 54,850
  
  
  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 – 69,544 

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 – 37,135,869 
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours – 10,410 
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days – 338,368 
• 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 – 83.1% 
• 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) – 85.7% 
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 12-17 with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) – 81.9% 
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 12-17 with completed vaccine series (CDC) – 71.9% 
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose – 81.2% 
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series – 73.4% 
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) – 89.1% 
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) – 75.7% 

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

BOROUGH	Friday, March 4, 2022	Saturday, March 5, 2022	Sunday, March 6, 2022
Bronx	0.87%	0.78%	0.79%
Brooklyn	1.00%	0.96%	0.95%
Manhattan	1.33%	1.29%	1.32%
Queens	1.04%	0.96%	0.94%
Staten Island	1.26%	1.16%	1.19%