February 20, 2022
Albany, NY

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

Statewide Hospitalizations Below 2,600 - Lowest Since Before Thanksgiving

Statewide 7-Day Average Positivity Is Below 2.5%

38 COVID-19 Deaths Statewide Yesterday

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

"The vaccine is a key tool to beat back this virus and keep our families safe," Governor Hochul said. "Parents and guardians, please talk to your pediatrician or health care provider about getting your children vaccinated, and boosted if eligible, if you haven't already."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

  • Test Results Reported - 170,969
  • Total Positive - 2,640
  • Percent Positive - 1.54%
  • 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 2.23%
  • Patient Hospitalization - 2,574 (-171)
  • Patients Newly Admitted - 270
  • Patients in ICU - 443 (-17)
  • Patients in ICU with Intubation - 245 (-13)
  • Total Discharges - 283,641 (+403)
  • New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 38
  • Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 54,451

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 - 68,628

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 - 36,710,674
  • Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours - 11,621
  • Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days - 230,837
  • Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose - 91.5%
  • Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series - 82.7%
  • 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) - 85.3%
  • Percent of New Yorkers ages 12-17 with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 81.0%
  • Percent of New Yorkers ages 12-17 with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 71.0%
  • Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose - 80.9%
  • Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series - 72.9%
  • Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 88.5%
  • Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 75.2%

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

REGION

Saturday, February 19, 2022

Friday, February 18, 2022

Thursday, February 17, 2022

Capital Region

21.78

23.33

22.99

Central New York

28.92

30.76

33.34

Finger Lakes

16.38

17.30

18.45

Long Island

12.52

13.28

14.25

Mid-Hudson

14.32

15.02

15.36

Mohawk Valley

25.96

25.99

27.20

New York City

13.19

13.70

14.39

North Country

35.94

37.34

40.51

Southern Tier

30.17

30.40

31.91

Western New York

17.76

18.10

19.26

Statewide

16.20

16.89

17.75

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

Region

Thursday, February 17, 2022

Friday, February 18, 2022

Saturday, February 19, 2022

Capital Region

4.22%

4.26%

4.00%

Central New York

6.37%

5.88%

5.51%

Finger Lakes

4.25%

3.97%

3.83%

Long Island

2.66%

2.50%

2.32%

Mid-Hudson

2.71%

2.61%

2.49%

Mohawk Valley

4.75%

4.66%

4.58%

New York City

1.52%

1.43%

1.35%

North Country

7.53%

7.12%

6.97%

Southern Tier

3.78%

3.63%

3.49%

Western New York

4.98%

4.66%

4.50%

Statewide

2.50%

2.36%

2.23%

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

Thursday, February 17, 2022

Friday, February 18, 2022

Saturday, February 19, 2022

Bronx

1.37%

1.35%

1.24%

Kings

1.40%

1.30%

1.17%

New York

1.72%

1.61%

1.59%

Queens

1.53%

1.42%

1.35%

Richmond

1.77%

1.70%

1.74%

Yesterday 2,640 New Yorkers tested positive for COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 4,886,801. A geographic breakdown is as follows:

County

New Positive

Albany

37

Allegany

9

Broome

73

Cattaraugus

14

Cayuga

21

Chautauqua

15

Chemung

20

Chenango

8

Clinton

34

Columbia

12

Cortland

14

Delaware

8

Dutchess

25

Erie

156

Essex

8

Franklin

19

Fulton

13

Genesee

2

Greene

9

Hamilton

1

Herkimer

14

Jefferson

28

Lewis

2

Livingston

10

Madison

4

Monroe

89

Montgomery

14

Nassau

133

Niagara

26

NYC

999

Oneida

40

Onondaga

96

Ontario

21

Orange

42

Orleans

3

Oswego

28

Otsego

19

Putnam

9

Rensselaer

22

Rockland

21

Saratoga

37

Schenectady

19

Schoharie

4

Schuyler

3

Seneca

6

St. Lawrence

31

Steuben

18

Suffolk

152

Sullivan

14

Tioga

10

Tompkins

54

Ulster

30

Warren

12

Washington

16

Wayne

9

Westchester

102

Wyoming

1

Yates

4

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

154

90

58.4%

64

41.6%

Central New York

103

67

65.0%

36

35.0%

Finger Lakes

332

151

45.5%

181

54.5%

Long Island

410

194

47.3%

216

52.7%

Mid-Hudson

221

85

38.5%

136

61.5%

Mohawk Valley

53

38

71.7%

15

28.3%

New York City

945

388

41.1%

557

58.9%

North Country

67

35

52.2%

32

47.8%

Southern Tier

97

55

56.7%

42

43.3%

Western New York

192

105

54.7%

87

45.3%

Statewide

2,574

1,208

46.9%

1,366

53.1%

The Omicron variant now represents more than 95% of the viruses in circulation. For more information on variant tracking, please visit here: (COVID-19 Variant Data | Department of Health (ny.gov).

Yesterday, 38 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19, bringing the total to 54,451. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:

New Death Breakdown by County

County

New Deaths

Albany

2

Bronx

2

Broome

1

Chautauqua

2

Cortland

1

Erie

3

Kings

5

Nassau

2

New York

1

Niagara

2

Onondaga

3

Orange

1

Queens

2

Richmond

1

Saratoga

1

Schenectady

1

St. Lawrence

1

Suffolk

4

Ulster

1

Wayne

2

Grand Total

38

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, 398 New Yorkers received their first vaccine dose, and 2,262 completed their vaccine series. A geographic breakdown of New Yorkers who have been vaccinated by region is as follows:

Regional Vaccination Data by Provider Location

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

963,839

108

881,172

183

Central New York

644,982

125

595,900

198

Finger Lakes

862,142

165

798,537

270

Long Island

2,176,285

-110

1,929,696

570

Mid-Hudson

1,699,423

38

1,487,420

381

Mohawk Valley

324,443

40

301,406

73

New York City

7,972,482

-147

7,040,393

74

North Country

303,084

11

274,124

89

Southern Tier

438,715

15

401,404

124

Western New York

952,268

153

873,717

300

Statewide

16,337,663

398

14,583,769

2,262

Booster/Additional Shots

Region

Cumulative
Total

Increase over past 24 hours

Increase over past 7 days

Capital Region

451,835

598

6,440

Central New York

301,294

502

5,432

Finger Lakes

471,771

834

8,775

Long Island

1,087,286

2,372

26,978

Mid-Hudson

830,356

1,426

18,889

Mohawk Valley

160,471

229

2,967

New York City

2,745,630

2,069

61,177

North Country

141,395

185

2,904

Southern Tier

214,522

246

3,418

Western New York

512,557

719

9,193

Statewide

6,917,117

9,180

146,173

The COVID-19 VaccineTracker 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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