Governor Encourages New Yorkers to Keep Using the Tools to Protect Against and Treat COVID-19: Vaccines, Boosters, Testing, and Treatment
Updated COVID-19 booster shots from Moderna and Pfizer Approved; Available Next Week
16 Statewide Deaths Reported Yesterday
Governor Kathy Hochul today updated New Yorkers on the state's progress combating COVID-19. Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved updated COVID-19 booster shots from Moderna for people ages 18 years and older and from Pfizer for people ages 12 years and older.
"With new boosters available next week, New Yorkers will soon be able to better protect themselves from the latest variants," Governor Hochul said. "It is vital that we take advantage of the latest tools and resources at our disposal in order to keep ourselves and our loved ones safe and healthy. As we prepare for potential fall surges, I encourage New Yorkers to stay up to date on vaccines and remain vigilant."
These boosters - designed to target Omicron subvariants and provide even more protection against COVID-19 - should be available at local health care providers sometime next week.
Today's data is summarized briefly below:
- Cases Per 100k - 19.25
- 7-Day Average Cases Per 100k - 19.96
- Test Results Reported - 55,728
- Total Positive - 3,762
- Percent Positive - 6.87%**
- 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 5.78%**
- Patient Hospitalization - 2,235 (-74)
- Patients Newly Admitted - 334
- Patients in ICU - 235 (-19)
- Patients in ICU with Intubation - 85 (0)
- Total Discharges - 337,716 (+391)
- New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 16
- Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 57,674
** 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 - 73,697
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.
** 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.
Each New York City borough's 7-day average percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows **:
Borough | Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022 | Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022 | Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022 |
Bronx | 6.74% | 6.60% | 6.39% |
Kings | 3.21% | 3.15% | 3.01% |
New York | 4.85% | 4.84% | 4.62% |
Queens | 6.70% | 6.86% | 6.90% |
Richmond | 5.67% | 5.81% | 5.71% |
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