Governor Hochul Updates New Yorkers on State's Progress Combating COVID-19 - JUNE 21, 2022

 

Governor Encourages New Yorkers To Keep Using the Tools To Protect Against and Treat COVID-19: Vaccines, Boosters, Testing, and Treatment

22 Statewide Deaths Reported on Friday, June 17

 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.

Important Note: HERDS data collection from health care facilities is not currently required on weekends or holidays. The survey will resume today and the facility/death data will be displayed in tomorrow's report. The numbers below with an asterisk were reported on Friday, June 17.

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

"It is important that we keep our guard up and utilize the tools we have at our disposal to keep ourselves and our loved ones safe and healthy," Governor Hochul said. "If you haven't, get vaccinated and boosted when eligible. Make sure to get tested if you are experiencing symptoms, and stay home if you're not feeling well. If you do test positive, talk to your doctor about available treatments."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:    

• Cases Per 100k - 18.93
• 7-Day Average Cases Per 100k - 24.48
• Test Results Reported - 49,901
• Total Positive - 3,700
• Percent Positive - 7.06%**
• 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 5.18%**
• Patient Hospitalization - 1,842 (0)
• Patients Newly Admitted - 316*
• Patients in ICU - 211 (0)
• Patients in ICU with Intubation - 71 (-5)
• Total Discharges - 312,878 (+291)*
• New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 22*
• Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 56,397*

** 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 - 39,228,003
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours - 8,579
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days - 89,075
• 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 - 84.2%
• 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) - 87.7%   
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 12-17 with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 84.0%   
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 12-17 with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 73.9%   
• 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) - 90.9%   
• 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	Saturday, June 18, 2022	Sunday, June 19, 2022	Monday, June 20, 2022
Bronx	3.80%	3.74%	3.85%
Kings	3.93%	4.04%	3.87%
New York	5.41%	5.52%	5.64%
Queens	5.37%	5.54%	5.71%
Richmond	5.23%	5.31%	5.33%