September 16, 2021
Albany, NY

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

58,682 Vaccine Doses Administered Over Last 24 Hours

34 COVID-19 Deaths Statewide Yesterday

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

"New York State is taking decisive action to keep children and their parents safe with new comprehensive masking requirements, but that's not enough to put the COVID-19 pandemic behind us—we need to increase the vaccination rate," Governor Hochul said. "We're putting more energy and effort into addressing the 12- to 17-year-old population and we continue to make the vaccine available at sites across the state. Get vaccinated today and protect your friends, family and community from COVID-19."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

  • Test Results Reported - 198,053
  • Total Positive - 6,729
  • Percent Positive - 3.40%
  • 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 3.16%
  • Patient Hospitalization - 2,374 (-50)
  • Patients Newly Admitted - 274
  • Patients in ICU - 562 (-6)
  • Patients in ICU with Intubation - 305 (+3)
  • Total Discharges - 197,070 (+293)
  • New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 34
  • Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 44,070

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 -- 56,153

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 - 24,499,103
  • Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours - 58,682
  • Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days - 368,198
  • Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose - 79.5%
  • Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series - 71.8%
  • Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 82.0%
  • Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 73.6%
  • Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose - 67.2%
  • Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series - 60.5%
  • Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 69.4%
  • Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 62.0%

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

Region

Monday, September 13, 2021

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Capital Region

4.38%

4.43%

4.26%

Central New York

5.41%

5.27%

5.37%

Finger Lakes

4.58%

4.57%

4.95%

Long Island

4.18%

4.09%

4.06%

Mid-Hudson

3.56%

3.57%

3.54%

Mohawk Valley

4.66%

4.44%

4.64%

New York City

2.17%

2.11%

2.12%

North Country

5.65%

5.66%

5.63%

Southern Tier

3.20%

3.21%

3.37%

Western New York

4.88%

4.78%

5.02%

Statewide

3.16%

3.11%

3.16%

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

Monday, September 13, 2021

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Bronx

2.47%

2.32%

2.23%

Kings

2.27%

2.25%

2.34%

New York

1.58%

1.55%

1.59%

Queens

2.27%

2.23%

2.20%

Richmond

3.16%

2.94%

2.76%

Yesterday, 6,729 New Yorkers tested positive for COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 2,338,744. A geographic breakdown is as follows:

County

Total Positive

New Positive

Albany

28,004

130

Allegany

3,926

30

Broome

21,269

91

Cattaraugus

6,595

51

Cayuga

7,725

63

Chautauqua

10,537

118

Chemung

8,772

62

Chenango

4,098

18

Clinton

5,431

44

Columbia

4,548

23

Cortland

4,699

33

Delaware

2,957

28

Dutchess

33,342

91

Erie

97,813

400

Essex

1,892

12

Franklin

3,347

28

Fulton

5,185

36

Genesee

5,940

36

Greene

3,866

14

Hamilton

403

2

Herkimer

5,895

24

Jefferson

7,231

73

Lewis

3,117

20

Livingston

5,085

25

Madison

5,293

32

Monroe

76,999

296

Montgomery

4,966

36

Nassau

204,542

480

Niagara

21,819

101

NYC

1,044,623

1,991

Oneida

25,251

134

Onondaga

44,884

288

Ontario

8,377

44

Orange

53,937

116

Orleans

3,544

23

Oswego

9,334

98

Otsego

4,099

35

Putnam

11,676

23

Rensselaer

13,038

67

Rockland

50,360

99

Saratoga

18,150

90

Schenectady

15,038

60

Schoharie

2,035

7

Schuyler

1,246

14

Seneca

2,403

28

St. Lawrence

8,544

83

Steuben

8,125

72

Suffolk

224,663

595

Sullivan

7,688

29

Tioga

4,326

15

Tompkins

5,768

35

Ulster

16,106

52

Warren

4,577

38

Washington

3,814

29

Wayne

6,764

47

Westchester

139,859

194

Wyoming

3,855

19

Yates

1,364

7

Yesterday, 34 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19, bringing the total to 44,070. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:

County

New Deaths

Allegany

1

Bronx

1

Broome

1

Chautauqua

1

Clinton

1

Dutchess

1

Erie

2

Jefferson

1

Kings

3

Monroe

3

Nassau

1

Oneida

4

Onondaga

2

Orange

2

Queens

3

St. Lawrence

1

Steuben

1

Suffolk

2

Sullivan

1

Tioga

1

Westchester

1

All New York State mass vaccination sites are now open to eligible New Yorkers for walk-in vaccination on a first-come, first-serve basis. 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.

Yesterday, 33,453 New Yorkers received their first vaccine dose, and 27,133 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

738,098

946

678,235

1,013

Central New York

576,923

663

535,068

678

Finger Lakes

747,301

1,235

696,371

1,004

Long Island

1,816,558

6,966

1,606,688

5,089

Mid-Hudson

1,421,394

3,148

1,259,672

2,857

Mohawk Valley

287,598

382

265,894

365

New York City

6,414,276

17,363

5,682,111

13,611

North Country

267,383

368

240,903

310

Southern Tier

382,991

716

353,386

653

Western New York

815,264

1,666

748,803

1,553

Statewide

13,467,786

33,453

12,067,131

27,133

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.

Contact the Governor’s Press Office

Contact us by phone:

Albany: (518) 474 - 8418
New York City: (212) 681 - 4640

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