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

 

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More than 38 Million Total Vaccine Doses Administered

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

"The vaccine and booster are our best tools to protect ourselves from COVID-19 and keep the numbers down," Governor Hochul said. "As the two new and highly contagious variants continue to circulate, make sure you are getting tested and if you test positive please stay home and consult your doctor on available treatments. Be smart, wear your mask if you're around vulnerable family members and think it's necessary, and make sure the friends and family you are spending time with are vaccinated and boosted if eligible."

Today's data is summarized briefly below: 

Note: The HERDS Survey (Hospital/Death data) had been paused due to the Holiday weekend. The survey will resume today and the Hospital/Death data will be displayed in tomorrow's report.

• Cases Per 100k - 21.98
• 7-Day Average Cases Per 100k - 29.99
• Test Results Reported - 57,556
• Total Positive - 4,296
• Percent Positive - 7.30%**
• 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 5.12%
• Patient Hospitalization - Will be reported tomorrow
• Patients Newly Admitted - Will be reported tomorrow
• Patients in ICU - Will be reported tomorrow
• Patients in ICU with Intubation - Will be reported tomorrow
• Total Discharges - Will be reported tomorrow
• New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - Will be reported tomorrow
• Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - Will be reported tomorrow

** Due to the test reporting policy change by the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and several other factors, the most reliable metric to measure virus impact on a community is the case per 100,000 data -- not percent positivity.

Important Note: Effective Monday, April 4, the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is no longer requiring testing facilities that use COVID-19 rapid antigen tests to report negative results. As a result, New York State's percent positive metric will be computed using only lab-reported PCR results. Positive antigen tests will still be reported to New York State and reporting of new daily cases and cases per 100k will continue to include both PCR and antigen tests. Due to this change and other factors, including changes in testing practices, the most reliable metric to measure virus impact on a community is the case per 100,000 data -- not percent positivity.

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 - 70,546

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 - 38,006,331
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours - 10,935
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days - 208,550
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose - 92.2%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series - 83.5%
• 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) - 86.6%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 12-17 with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 82.8%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 12-17 with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 72.9%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose - 81.7%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series - 73.9%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 89.9%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 76.6%

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, April 15, 2022	Saturday, April 16, 2022	Sunday, April 17, 2022
Bronx	1.47%	1.56%	1.64%
Kings	2.80%	2.91%	3.04%
New York	4.70%	4.70%	4.85%
Queens	2.71%	2.82%	2.98%
Richmond	3.42%	3.31%	3.42%