January 10, 2022
Albany, NY

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

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

55,321 Vaccine Doses Administered Over Last 24 Hours

135 COVID-19 Deaths Statewide Yesterday

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

"We have the tools to fight this winter surge, and how quickly we turn the corner will depend on our actions," Governor Hochul said. "Please get your second dose if you haven't already, and get the booster if you're eligible. Parents and guardians, please get your children vaccinated. Wear a mask to help stop the spread, and stay home if you aren't feeling well. Let's learn from the lessons of the past and finally put this winter surge behind us."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

  • Test Results Reported – 282,961
  • Total Positive – 54,749
  • Percent Positive – 19.35%
  • 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 21.30%
  • Patient Hospitalization – 12,022 (+275)
  • Patients Newly Admitted – 1,518
  • Patients in ICU – 1,552 (+33)
  • Patients in ICU with Intubation – 792 (+27)
  • Total Discharges – 244,647 (+1,196)
  • New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS – 135
  • Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS – 49,620

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 – 62,392

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 – 34,440,048
  • Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours – 55,321
  • Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days – 646,427
  • Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose – 89.7%
  • Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series – 80.9%
  • 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) – 83.4%
  • Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose – 78.8%
  • Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series – 70.4%
  • Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) – 85.4%
  • Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) – 72.5%

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

Region

Friday, January 7, 2022

Saturday, January 8, 2022

Sunday, January 9, 2022

Capital Region

219.87

232.57

242.13

Central New York

257.13

283.64

288.05

Finger Lakes

185.50

200.76

207.03

Long Island

406.80

414.38

402.63

Mid-Hudson

345.40

356.99

359.58

Mohawk Valley

185.95

204.38

210.47

New York City

470.23

482.12

487.21

North Country

152.04

167.52

182.90

Southern Tier

182.48

198.93

201.07

Western New York

239.91

254.10

251.29

Statewide

366.82

379.43

381.66

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

Region

Friday, January 7, 2022

Saturday, January 8, 2022

Sunday, January 9, 2022

Capital Region

19.81%

19.55%

19.53%

Central New York

22.26%

22.25%

21.97%

Finger Lakes

20.10%

19.94%

19.94%

Long Island

26.46%

25.95%

25.58%

Mid-Hudson

23.06%

22.83%

22.59%

Mohawk Valley

17.46%

17.52%

17.64%

New York City

21.75%

21.15%

20.63%

North Country

16.34%

16.58%

17.26%

Southern Tier

15.64%

15.57%

15.44%

Western New York

22.13%

22.56%

22.36%

Statewide

22.15%

21.71%

21.30%

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

Borough in NYC

Friday, January 7, 2022

Saturday, January 8, 2022

Sunday, January 9, 2022

Bronx

25.94%

24.77%

24.00%

Kings

20.36%

19.76%

19.24%

New York

17.24%

16.58%

16.25%

Queens

24.15%

23.89%

23.41%

Richmond

23.43%

22.93%

22.44%

Yesterday, 54,749 New Yorkers tested positive for COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 4,191,353. A geographic breakdown is as follows:

County

Total Positive

New Positive

Albany

47,555

622

Allegany

7,399

31

Broome

37,444

219

Cattaraugus

12,410

64

Cayuga

12,946

142

Chautauqua

19,429

167

Chemung

16,973

160

Chenango

7,449

41

Clinton

11,655

254

Columbia

7,927

71

Cortland

8,220

60

Delaware

6,221

37

Dutchess

53,846

689

Erie

172,693

1,672

Essex

4,277

47

Franklin

7,161

64

Fulton

9,916

68

Genesee

11,303

96

Greene

6,946

52

Hamilton

711

3

Herkimer

11,220

74

Jefferson

15,032

216

Lewis

5,188

61

Livingston

9,394

66

Madison

10,177

66

Monroe

128,760

1,128

Montgomery

9,451

71

Nassau

354,032

3,767

Niagara

39,586

419

NYC

1,946,013

32,236

Oneida

43,759

296

Onondaga

84,975

1,109

Ontario

15,823

116

Orange

90,372

802

Orleans

7,110

54

Oswego

19,526

203

Otsego

7,565

55

Putnam

20,268

252

Rensselaer

24,707

378

Rockland

79,119

641

Saratoga

36,475

520

Schenectady

26,312

336

Schoharie

3,838

26

Schuyler

2,705

24

Seneca

4,438

45

St. Lawrence

16,432

102

Steuben

15,873

94

Suffolk

376,745

3,286

Sullivan

14,908

152

Tioga

8,551

51

Tompkins

13,432

45

Ulster

25,526

301

Warren

10,642

119

Washington

9,461

98

Wayne

13,657

101

Westchester

218,229

2,804

Wyoming

6,927

42

Yates

2,644

34

Below is data that shows how many hospitalized individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19 were admitted for COVID-19/COVID-19 complications and how many were admitted for non-COVID-19 conditions:

Region

COVID-19 Patients currently hospitalized

Admitted due to COVID or complications of COVID

% Admitted due to COVID or complications of COVID

Admitted where COVID was not included as one of the reasons for admission

% Admitted where COVID was not included as one of the reasons for admission

Capital Region

362

274

76%

88

24%

Central New York

271

201

74%

70

26%

Finger Lakes

679

425

63%

254

37%

Long Island

2,070

1,322

64%

748

36%

Mid-Hudson

1,331

904

68%

427

32%

Mohawk Valley

141

93

66%

48

34%

New York City

6,245

3,170

51%

3,075

49%

North Country

90

67

74%

23

26%

Southern Tier

220

129

59%

91

41%

Western New York

613

428

70%

185

30%

STATEWIDE

12,022

7,013

58%

5,009

42%

Given the rate of spread of Omicron, it is more meaningful to report the percentage of Omicron variants as uploaded to the public COVID-19 sequence databases, than to report counts of individual cases. This percentage can then be related to the total positive COVID case count in the state. This process is consistent with how the New York State Department of Health has reported on all other variants online: https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/covid-19-variant-data

Data today in the GISAID database, the largest repository of SARS-CoV-2 sequences in the world, show the Omicron variant comprised 95.9% of uploaded sequences from NYS between 12/27/21 and 1/9/22. This indicates that Omicron continues to circulate at an extremely high level across the state although there may be regional differences. These cannot be measured with statistical precision due to low sample numbers in some areas and the inherent time lag from sample collection to testing, sequencing and data upload.

Yesterday, 135 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19, bringing the total compiled by HERDS to 49,620. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:

Deaths by County of Residence

County

New Deaths

Albany

1

Bronx

9

Broome

1

Chemung

1

Columbia

1

Dutchess

5

Erie

5

Kings

29

Monroe

1

Nassau

10

New York

12

Niagara

1

Oneida

1

Onondaga

1

Ontario

1

Orange

1

Otsego

1

Queens

24

Rensselaer

1

Richmond

5

Rockland

3

Saratoga

2

Seneca

1

Suffolk

10

Washington

1

Wayne

1

Westchester

6

All New York State mass vaccination sites are open to eligible New Yorkers aged 12 years and older for walk-in vaccination on a first-come, first-serve basis, with 10 sites open to eligible New Yorkers aged 5 and older. People who would prefer to schedule 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 new 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, 9,785 New Yorkers received their first vaccine dose, and 11,087 completed their vaccine series. A geographic breakdown of New Yorkers who have been vaccinated by region is as follows:

People with at least one vaccine dose

People with complete vaccine series

Region

Cumulative
Total

Increase over past 24 hours

Cumulative
Total

Increase over past 24 hours

Capital Region

946,732

443

862,187

293

Central New York

632,818

187

584,290

142

Finger Lakes

844,290

468

779,079

620

Long Island

2,107,865

103

1,859,687

1,273

Mid-Hudson

1,649,684

378

1,437,625

744

Mohawk Valley

318,656

78

294,742

79

New York City

7,734,313

7,300

6,757,008

7,225

North Country

296,132

122

267,169

108

Southern Tier

429,802

147

392,264

159

Western New York

931,779

559

850,253

444

Statewide

15,892,071

9,785

14,084,304

11,087

Booster/Additional Shots

Region

Cumulative
Total

Increase over past 24 hours

Increase over past 7 days

Capital Region

383,596

1,441

22,668

Central New York

243,624

1,281

16,267

Finger Lakes

389,967

1,773

25,984

Long Island

745,617

4,031

56,224

Mid-Hudson

601,620

2,474

42,839

Mohawk Valley

132,990

823

8,245

New York City

1,869,507

12,071

132,428

North Country

113,548

474

7,436

Southern Tier

178,956

852

12,457

Western New York

428,682

1,742

23,859

Statewide

5,088,107

26,962

348,407

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.

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