Governor Hochul Updates New Yorkers on State's Progress Combating COVID-19 - JUNE 15, 2022

Statewide 7-Day Average Case Rate Down Approximately 20% Compared to Prior Week

Case Rates Down Across All Regions Compared to Prior Week

Statewide Hospitalizations Continue to Decline

7 Statewide Deaths Reported Yesterday

 NOTE: Updates to the CDC's cumulative death data files were paused starting June 6, 2022, while the CDC upgrades its system. Reporting is expected to resume on June 21, 2022. Any questions about this should be directed to the CDC. During this time, total deaths and new daily deaths reported through HERDS will continue as normal.

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

"I urge all New Yorkers remain vigilant as we continue to navigate through the pandemic," Governor Hochul said. "Be sure to take a test before traveling and stay home if you feel unwell, and by keeping up to date with vaccinations and booster doses, we can keep our families and loved ones safe. Let's continue to use the tools we have available to us in order to mitigate future potential surges."    

Today's data is summarized briefly below:      

•          Cases Per 100k - 27.01
•          7-Day Average Cases Per 100k - 25.66
•          Test Results Reported - 93,581
•          Total Positive - 5,279
•          Percent Positive - 5.29%**
•          7-Day Average Percent Positive - 5.38%**
•          Patient Hospitalization -  1,907 (-31)  
•          Patients Newly Admitted - 322
•          Patients in ICU - 207 (+9)
•          Patients in ICU with Intubation - 74 (+1)    
•          Total Discharges - 311,913 (+317) 
•          New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 7
•          Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 56,352

** 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.   

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.     

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.   

•          Total deaths reported to and compiled by the CDC - 71,670   

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 - 39,153,677           
•          Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours - 14,749
•          Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days - 130,949
•          Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose - 92.7%   
•          Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series - 84.1%   
•          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) - 87.6%   
•          Percent of New Yorkers ages 12-17 with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 83.9%   
•          Percent of New Yorkers ages 12-17 with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 73.8%   
•          Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose - 82.3%   
•          Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series - 74.6%   
•          Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 90.8%   
•          Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 77.6%   

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

Borough	Sunday, June 12, 2022	Monday, June 13, 2022	Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Bronx	3.88%	3.83%	3.85%
Kings	4.41%	4.50%	4.58%
New York	6.06%	6.06%	5.39%
Queens	5.91%	5.86%	5.82%
Richmond	5.55%	5.48%	6.02%