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

As New Yorkers Make Preparations to Travel and Gather with Loved Ones For Easter and Passover Holidays, Remember to Use the Toolkit: Vaccines, Boosters, Testing, and Treatment

10 COVID-19 Deaths Statewide Yesterday

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

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.

"As we inch closer to the Easter and Passover holidays and many New Yorkers prepare to travel and gather with their loved ones, it is critical that we continue to utilize the tools at our disposal to prevent COVID spread and protect those around us," Governor Hochul said. "Those who are traveling should get tested before they leave home, and those who test positive should stay home and discuss possible treatment options with their doctor. Vaccination remains the key to preventing serious illness from COVID and keeping people out of the hospital. We continue to encourage all New Yorkers to get vaccinated, and for those 55 and up to get their second booster shot."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

Cases Per 100k - 33.50
7-Day Average Cases Per 100k - 27.22
Test Results Reported - 123,079
Total Positive - 6,546
Percent Positive - 5.32%**
7-Day Average Percent Positive - 4.35%
Patient Hospitalization - 1,164 (+36)
Patients Newly Admitted - 250
Patients in ICU - 144 (+6)
Patients in ICU with Intubation - 60 (-3)
Total Discharges - 292,692 (+209)
New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 10
Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 55,250

* These figures include at-home tests which Onondaga County, unlike other counties, has provided in their daily reporting to the New York State Department of Health. Future reporting from Onondaga County will not include home test data to ensure alignment and consistency with other counties.

** 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.

Total deaths reported to and compiled by the CDC - 70,464

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 - 37,860,421
Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours - 37,390
Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days - 234,311
Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose - 92.2%
Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series - 83.5%
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) - 86.4%
Percent of New Yorkers ages 12-17 with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 82.7%
Percent of New Yorkers ages 12-17 with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 72.8%
Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose - 81.7%
Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series - 73.9%
Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 89.8%
Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 76.5%

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

REGION	Sunday, April 10, 2022	Monday, April 11, 2022	Tuesday, April 12, 2022
Capital Region	20.50	21.08	21.74
Central New York	53.07	53.18	53.70
Finger Lakes	25.86	26.64	28.47
Long Island	22.72	23.73	26.33
Mid-Hudson	24.28	25.14	25.94
Mohawk Valley	35.12	36.30	38.36
New York City	23.31	23.89	25.43
North Country	23.80	23.77	25.71
Southern Tier	32.65	33.85	35.86
Western New York	19.42	21.10	23.06
Statewide	24.85	25.62	27.22

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

Region	Sunday, April 10, 2022	Monday, April 11, 2022	Tuesday, April 12, 2022
Capital Region	5.82%	5.98%	6.02%
Central New York	11.15%	11.22%	11.72%
Finger Lakes	8.22%	8.43%	8.95%
Long Island	4.62%	4.78%	4.95%
Mid-Hudson	4.38%	3.89%	4.06%
Mohawk Valley	5.83%	6.04%	6.13%
New York City	2.84%	2.80%	2.96%
North Country	5.82%	5.80%	6.28%
Southern Tier	6.63%	6.86%	7.27%
Western New York	7.16%	7.76%	8.54%
Statewide	4.17%	4.13%	4.35%

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	Sunday, April 10, 2022	Monday, April 11, 2022	Tuesday, April 12, 2022
Bronx	1.41%	1.39%	1.42%
Kings	2.79%	2.60%	2.84%
New York	4.19%	4.25%	4.50%
Queens	2.36%	2.39%	2.44%
Richmond	2.64%	2.79%	2.91%

Yesterday 6,546 New Yorkers tested positive for COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 5,030,237. A geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	59,559	60
Allegany	8,959	4
Broome	45,968	116
Cattaraugus	15,494	8
Cayuga	16,626	36
Chautauqua	23,604	5
Chemung	21,477	23
Chenango	9,397	16
Clinton	16,976	24
Columbia	10,137	11
Cortland	10,816	13
Delaware	7,868	14
Dutchess	64,381	61
Erie	210,854	356
Essex	5,785	12
Franklin	9,585	9
Fulton	12,796	24
Genesee	13,715	12
Greene	8,696	14
Hamilton	879	4
Herkimer	14,005	37
Jefferson	20,253	33
Lewis	6,185	11
Livingston	11,723	12
Madison	13,470	48
Monroe	153,835	341
Montgomery	11,977	6
Nassau	407,111	561
Niagara	48,207	50
NYC	2,324,244	2,545
Oneida	54,323	169
Onondaga	115,150	286
Ontario	20,211	48
Orange	107,374	112
Orleans	8,651	2
Oswego	27,022	97
Otsego	10,029	6
Putnam	23,840	35
Rensselaer	31,740	36
Rockland	93,010	105
Saratoga	46,539	60
Schenectady	33,198	30
Schoharie	5,052	1
Schuyler	3,541	17
Seneca	6,059	5
St. Lawrence	21,502	45
Steuben	20,045	22
Suffolk	429,021	400
Sullivan	18,513	18
Tioga	10,892	34
Tompkins	19,275	94
Ulster	32,067	40
Warren	13,762	26
Washington	12,147	13
Wayne	17,460	35
Westchester	253,500	331
Wyoming	8,308	6
Yates	3,424	7

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	78	61	78.2%	17	21.8%
Central New York	88	51	58.0%	37	42.0%
Finger Lakes	176	69	39.2%	107	60.8%
Long Island	170	85	50.0%	85	50.0%
Mid-Hudson	99	47	47.5%	52	52.5%
Mohawk Valley	30	16	53.3%	14	46.7%
New York City	359	154	42.9%	205	57.1%
North Country	45	20	44.4%	25	55.6%
Southern Tier	51	24	47.1%	27	52.9%
Western New York	68	37	54.4%	31	45.6%
Statewide	1,164	564	48.5%	600	51.5%

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, 10 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19, bringing the total to 55,176. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:

County	New Deaths
Bronx	1
Clinton	1
Jefferson	1
Kings	1
New York	1
Oneida	1
Rensselaer	1
Schenectady	1
St. Lawrence	1
Steuben	1

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 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, 3,219 New Yorkers received their first vaccine dose, and 3,378 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	970,568	115	888,685	151
Central New York	648,948	79	600,967	113
Finger Lakes	868,717	143	806,562	178
Long Island	2,198,770	421	1,958,905	465
Mid-Hudson	1,719,119	399	1,509,989	438
Mohawk Valley	326,801	42	304,371	47
New York City	8,073,701	1,725	7,153,597	1,669
North Country	306,738	39	277,859	61
Southern Tier	441,716	125	404,806	73
Western New York	959,616	131	883,571	183
Statewide	16,514,694	3,219	14,789,312	3,378

Booster/Additional Shots
Region	Cumulative Total	Increase over past 24 hours	Increase over past 7 days
Capital Region	491,157	2,373	14,699
Central New York	331,260	2,127	11,283
Finger Lakes	513,122	2,737	15,716
Long Island	1,190,137	4,120	26,289
Mid-Hudson	914,885	3,809	24,862
Mohawk Valley	173,930	835	4,456
New York City	3,090,278	7,953	56,019
North Country	154,725	1,017	4,630
Southern Tier	233,056	1,073	6,492
Western New York	552,980	2,590	14,658
Statewide	7,645,530	28,634	179,104

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.

4/12/2022	Hospital		Nursing Home		ACF		LHCSA		Hospice		CHHA		Total
Total employee terminations due to being unvaccinated	5,989	1.14%	2,575	1.69%	335	1.07%	9,235	3.16%	100	1.52%	159	1.18%	18,393	1.80%
Total employee resignations and retirements due to being unvaccinated	2,660	0.51%	53	0.03%	3	0.01%	3,161	1.08%	84	1.28%	143	1.06%	6,104	0.60%
Total on furlough/unpaid leave due to being unvaccinated and unwilling to get vaccinated	967	0.18%	323	0.21%	39	0.12%	4,901	1.68%	5	0.08%	74	0.55%	6,309	0.62%
Total on furlough/unpaid leave due to being unvaccinated BUT now awaiting first dose	107	0.02%	1,588	1.04%	522	1.67%	2,169	0.74%	-	0.00%	13	0.10%	4,399	0.43%
Total INACTIVE employees from categories above	9,723		4,539		899		19,466		189		389		35,205
Total ACTIVE employees	515,422		148,239		30,329		272,758		6,390		13,117		986,255
Grand Total	525,145		152,778		31,228		292,224		6,579		13,506		1,021,460

Percentages are estimates. They are based on self-reported data for 04/12/2022. The denominators are active employees reported for 04/12/2022 plus the inactive categories above; they do not include workforce fluctuations that may have occurred in addition to these categories above.