Governor Hochul Updates New Yorkers on State's Progress Combating Covid-19 - JUNE 22,2-22

 

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

43 Statewide Deaths Reported from 6/18 - 6/21

NOTE: Updates to the CDC's cumulative death data files have been paused since June 6, 2022 as the CDC upgrades its system. As of June 22, 2022, CDC reporting has not yet resumed. 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.

"As we continue to monitor the numbers, let's continue to use the tools that have allowed us to move forward safely through this pandemic," Governor Hochul said. "Please make sure you are up to date on your vaccine and booster doses. If you're a parent or caregiver to a child under five, talk to your pediatrician about vaccination options. The vaccine is the best defense we have against COVID-19 - it's effective, safe, and readily available throughout the state."

Important Note: Due to the holiday, HERDS data collection from health care facilities was paused from 6/18/2022-6/21/2022. Data from those days were submitted in Tuesday's report. Where noted, totals include four days of cumulative data from 6/18/2022-6/21/2022.  As a result, some data may appear higher than recent trends and is marked below with an asterisk.

Today's data is summarized briefly below:       

• Cases Per 100k - 21.55
• 7-Day Average Cases Per 100k - 24.70
• Test Results Reported - 91,382
• Total Positive - 4,211
• Percent Positive - 3.86%**
• 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 4.95%**
• Patient Hospitalization - 1,810 (-32)
• Patients Newly Admitted - 922*
• Patients in ICU - 206 (-5)
• Patients in ICU with Intubation - 86 (+15)
• Total Discharges - 313,678*
• New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 43*
• Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 56,442*

   

** 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 - 39,241,470
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours - 13,467
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days - 87,793
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose - 92.8%
• 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	Sunday, June 19, 2022	Monday, June 20, 2022	Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Bronx	3.74%	3.85%	3.98%
Kings	4.04%	3.87%	3.14%
New York	5.52%	5.64%	5.81%
Queens	5.54%	5.71%	5.75%
Richmond	5.31%	5.33%	5.17%