Tuesday, August 16, 2022

Governor Hochul Updates New Yorkers on State's Progress Combating COVID-19 - AUGUST 16, 2022

 COVID-19 vaccine vial and syringe

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

45 Statewide Deaths Reported from August 13 to August 15


 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.

Important Note: HERDS data collection from health care facilities was paused due to the weekend from 8/13/2022-8/14/2022. Data from those days were submittedin Monday's report. Where noted, totals include three days of cumulative data from 8/13/2022-8/15/2022. As a result, some data may appear higher than recent trends. Data affected is marked with an asterisk.

NOTE: Updates to the CDC's cumulative death data files are being delayed, as the CDC upgrades its system. 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.

"New Yorkers have worked hard to keep each other safe from COVID-19, and as we approach the fall, we must continue to use the tools at our disposal to prepare for any potential surges," Governor Hochul said. "Make sure you and your loved ones are up to date on the vaccine and booster doses. Get tested if you have symptoms, and if you do test positive, talk to your doctor about potential treatment."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

  • Cases Per 100k - 18.72
  • 7-Day Average Cases Per 100k - 25.60
  • Test Results Reported - 67,649
  • Total Positive - 3,658
  • Percent Positive - 4.52%**
  • 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 5.53%**
  • Patient Hospitalization - 2,538 (+124)*
  • Patients Newly Admitted - 936
  • Patients in ICU - 245 (+10)
  • Patients in ICU with Intubation - 92 (+15)
  • Total Discharges - 331,847 (+745)*
  • New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 45*
  • Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 57,375*

** 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 - 73,294

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  

Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022 

Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022 

Monday, Aug. 15, 2022 

Bronx 

8.14% 

7.87% 

7.63% 

Kings 

3.58% 

3.12% 

2.74% 

New York 

6.08% 

5.96% 

5.95% 

Queens 

8.03% 

7.72% 

7.63% 

Richmond 

7.14% 

6.72% 

6.54% 


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