Governor Hochul Updates New Yorkers on State's Progress Combating COVID-19

Governor Kathy Hochul today updated New Yorkers on the state's progress combating COVID-19. Governor Hochul also announced the opening of a new NewYork State vaccine, testing, and booster site in Broome County at the Former Davis College-Robb Activity Center (400 Riverside Drive, Johnson City, NY). The site will open tomorrow, December 16, at 12PM and will operate from 8AM to 7PM moving forward. The site will conduct testing on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and vaccinations on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. It will be closed on Sundays. Vaccinations at the site will be available by appointment and for walk-ins and serve those aged 5 and above. Both Pfizer/BioNTech and Janssen/Johnson & Johnson vaccines will be available and the first-doses, second-doses and booster-doses will be offered.

"As we continue to combat the winter surge in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, it is more important than ever to make vaccines, testing and boosters widely available across the state in order to keep ourselves and each other from getting seriously ill due to COVID-19," Governor Hochul said. "There is no time like the present to get your vaccine if you haven't yet and your booster if you have. Mask up, wash your hands, and let's enjoy a COVID-free holiday season with our loved ones."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

• Test Results Reported - 232,509
• Total Positive - 12,944
• Percent Positive - 5.57%
• 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 4.83%
• Patient Hospitalization - 3,784 (+12)
• Patients Newly Admitted - 557
• Patients in ICU - 727 (-4)
• Patients in ICU with Intubation - 423 (+4)
• Total Discharges - 221,299 (+493)
• New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 71
• Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 47,316

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.

• Total deaths reported to and compiled by the CDC - 60,148

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 - 31,734,013
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours - 277,391
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days - 974,879
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose - 87.3%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series - 79.5%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 93.6%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 82.0%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose - 75.9%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series - 68.4%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 81.2%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 70.5%

Each region's 7-day average of cases per 100K population is as follows:

Each region's 7-day average percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:

Each New York City borough's 7-day average percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:

Yesterday, 12,944 New Yorkers tested positive for COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total compiled by HERDS to 2,856,505. A geographic breakdown is as follows:

* These case counts represent those known cases that have been confirmed by a state approved laboratory, and do not fully represent the total cases likely in the population.

Yesterday, 71 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19, bringing the total to 47,316. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:

All New York State mass vaccination sites are open to eligible New Yorkers aged 5 and older, with walk-in vaccination available at all sites on a first-come, first-serve basis for people aged 12 and older. Information on which sites require appointments for children in the 5-11 age group is available on our website. People who prefer to make an appointment at a state-run mass vaccination site can do so on the Am I Eligible App or by calling 1-833-NYS-4-VAX. People may also contact their local health department, pharmacy, doctor or hospital to schedule appointments where vaccines are available, or visit vaccines.gov to find information on vaccine appointments near them.

New Yorkers looking to schedule vaccine appointments for 5-11-year-old children are encouraged to contact their child's pediatrician, family physician, county health departments, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), rural health centers, or pharmacies that may be administering the vaccine for this age group. Parents and guardians can visit vaccines.gov, text their ZIP code to 438829, or call 1-800-232-0233 to find nearby locations. Make sure that the provider offers the Pfizer-BioNTechCOVID-19 vaccine, as the other COVID-19 vaccines are not yet authorized for this age group.

Visit our website for parents and guardians for new information, frequently asked questions and answers, and resources specifically designed for parents and guardians of this age group.

Yesterday, 83,224 New Yorkers received their first vaccine dose, and 81,895 completed their vaccine series. A geographic breakdown of New Yorkers who have been vaccinated by region is as follows:

The COVID-19 Vaccine Tracker Dashboard is available to update New Yorkers on the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine. The New York State Department of Health requires vaccinating facilities to report all COVID-19 vaccine administration data within 24 hours; the vaccine administration data on the dashboard is updated daily to reflect the most up-to-date metrics in the state's vaccination effort. New York State Department of Health-reported data from NYSIIS and CIR differs slightly from federally-reported data, which is inclusive of federally-administered doses and other minor differences. Both numbers are included in the release above.

** Increase in the Capital Region is due to large data submission from a single organization based in Albany.

Percentages are estimates. They are based on self-reported data for 12/14/21. The denominators are active employees reported for 12/14/21 plus the inactive categories above; they do not include workforce fluctuations that may have occurred in addition to these categories above.