September 19, 2021
Albany, NY

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

49,338 Vaccine Doses Administered Over Last 24 Hours

31 COVID-19 Deaths Statewide Yesterday

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

"COVID-19 remains a threat to New Yorkers across the state, and it's critical that we take decisive action to vaccinate more people and slow the spread," Governor Hochul said. "We continue to implement important masking requirements to protect children and families, but getting shots in arms is the key to a safe and healthy future. Vaccines are available for free at convenient sites and millions of people have taken them, so I urge all New Yorkers who haven't to get vaccinated immediately."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

  • Test Results Reported - 207,697
  • Total Positive - 5,275
  • Percent Positive - 2.54%
  • 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 2.99%
  • Patient Hospitalization - 2,295 (-87)
  • Patients Newly Admitted - 285
  • Patients in ICU - 545 (-12)
  • Patients in ICU with Intubation - 320 (+8)
  • Total Discharges - 197,959 (+330)
  • New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 31
  • Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 44,165

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 - 56,184

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 - 24,671,208
  • Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours - 49,338
  • Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days - 362,240
  • Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose - 80.0%
  • Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series - 72.2%
  • Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 82.5%
  • Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 74.0%
  • Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose - 67.7%
  • Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series - 60.9%
  • Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 69.9%
  • Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 62.4%

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

Region

Thursday, September 16, 2021

Friday, September 17, 2021

Saturday, September 18, 2021

Capital Region

4.21%

4.12%

3.99%

Central New York

5.03%

4.99%

4.84%

Finger Lakes

4.94%

4.93%

4.95%

Long Island

3.97%

3.92%

3.85%

Mid-Hudson

3.41%

3.36%

3.07%

Mohawk Valley

4.64%

4.55%

4.27%

New York City

2.06%

2.07%

2.00%

North Country

5.80%

5.85%

5.93%

Southern Tier

3.20%

3.33%

3.41%

Western New York

4.96%

4.75%

4.89%

Statewide

3.09%

3.07%

2.99%

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, September 16, 2021

Friday, September 17, 2021

Saturday, September 18, 2021

Bronx

2.16%

2.03%

1.94%

Kings

2.32%

2.36%

2.18%

New York

1.55%

1.55%

1.55%

Queens

2.15%

2.16%

2.16%

Richmond

2.58%

2.62%

2.59%

Yesterday, 5,275 New Yorkers tested positive for COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 2,355,168. A geographic breakdown is as follows:

County

Total Positive

New Positive

Albany

28,239

75

Allegany

3,981

14

Broome

21,557

71

Cattaraugus

6,675

30

Cayuga

7,828

46

Chautauqua

10,796

122

Chemung

8,956

67

Chenango

4,148

15

Clinton

5,585

56

Columbia

4,608

28

Cortland

4,783

38

Delaware

3,017

12

Dutchess

33,589

73

Erie

98,475

266

Essex

1,929

7

Franklin

3,444

25

Fulton

5,232

16

Genesee

6,017

34

Greene

3,919

22

Hamilton

407

0

Herkimer

5,937

13

Jefferson

7,370

44

Lewis

3,159

28

Livingston

5,140

23

Madison

5,338

20

Monroe

77,583

219

Montgomery

5,023

10

Nassau

205,748

357

Niagara

22,005

73

NYC

1,050,368

1,755

Oneida

25,527

87

Onondaga

45,436

207

Ontario

8,464

36

Orange

54,237

90

Orleans

3,589

12

Oswego

9,496

58

Otsego

4,130

8

Putnam

11,765

23

Rensselaer

13,180

54

Rockland

50,600

103

Saratoga

18,312

58

Schenectady

15,162

39

Schoharie

2,054

4

Schuyler

1,264

9

Seneca

2,444

12

St. Lawrence

8,774

59

Steuben

8,285

52

Suffolk

226,321

444

Sullivan

7,765

25

Tioga

4,368

8

Tompkins

5,889

48

Ulster

16,239

44

Warren

4,646

21

Washington

3,870

16

Wayne

6,868

32

Westchester

140,362

158

Wyoming

3,884

7

Yates

1,381

2

Yesterday, 31 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19, bringing the total to 44,165. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:

County

New Deaths

Bronx

1

Broome

2

Chemung

2

Chenango

1

Erie

3

Greene

1

Herkimer

1

Kings

3

Livingston

2

Madison

1

Manhattan

1

Oneida

2

Onondaga

1

Ontario

1

Queens

2

Rockland

1

Saratoga

1

Seneca

1

Suffolk

3

Ulster

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, 25,971 New Yorkers received their first vaccine dose, and 24,785 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

740,599

624

680,824

636

Central New York

578,794

495

537,008

641

Finger Lakes

750,483

753

699,073

726

Long Island

1,831,667

3,877

1,621,423

4,159

Mid-Hudson

1,428,909

2,049

1,267,030

2,089

Mohawk Valley

288,739

360

267,101

338

New York City

6,470,872

16,020

5,728,370

14,372

North Country

268,371

222

241,995

234

Southern Tier

384,436

331

354,916

402

Western New York

819,349

1,240

752,479

1,188

Statewide

13,562,219

25,971

12,150,219

24,785

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

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

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