Wednesday, August 10, 2022

Governor Hochul Updates New Yorkers on State's Progress Combating COVID-19 - AUGUST 10, 2022

 Clinical specimen testing for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) at Wadsworth Laboratory

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 Yesterday


 NOTE: Beginning June 24, 2022, the Vaccine data will be updated weekly on Fridays to align with CDC's updated data refresh schedule. For additional information on COVID-19 Vaccination Data provided by CDC, see https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccinations_vacc-total-admin-rate-total 

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

"Vaccinations, boosters, testing and treatment are the best tools we have to keep one another safe and healthy as we look toward potential fall surges," Governor Hochul said. "I encourage New Yorkers to take advantage of what's available to them and to talk to their doctors to discuss treatment options and preventative measures." 

Today's data is summarized briefly below:  

  • Cases Per 100k - 29.64 
  • 7-Day Average Cases Per 100k - 28.79 
  • Test Results Reported - 92,284
  • Total Positive - 5,792
  • Percent Positive - 5.94%** 
  • 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 7.98% 
  • Patient Hospitalization - 2,551 (-50) 
  • Patients Newly Admitted - 459
  • Patients in ICU - 235 (+19) 
  • Patients in ICU with Intubation - 77 (-1) 
  • Total Discharges - 329,841 (+450) 
  • New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 22
  • Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 57,274

** 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 - 73,180

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. 

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, Aug. 7, 2022 

Monday, Aug. 8, 2022 

Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022 

Bronx 

8.40% 

8.47% 

8.44% 

Kings 

7.22% 

7.26% 

5.78% 

New York 

6.83% 

6.78% 

6.82% 

Queens 

9.44% 

9.43% 

9.14% 

Richmond 

8.17% 

8.14% 

8.11% 


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