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

Governor Encourages New Yorkers to Keep Using the Tools to Protect Against and Treat COVID-19: Vaccines, Boosters, Testing, and Treatment

22 Statewide Deaths Reported Yesterday

NOTE: Beginning June 24, 2022, the Vaccine data will be updated weekly on Fridays to align with CDC's updated data refresh schedule. For additional information on COVID-19 Vaccination Data provided by CDC, see https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccinations_vacc-total-admin-rate-total.

NOTE: Updates to the CDC's cumulative death data files are being delayed, as the CDC upgrades its system. Any questions about this should be directed to the CDC. During this time, total deaths and new daily deaths reported through HERDS will continue as normal.

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

"As we continue to monitor the numbers and prepare for any potential surges in the fall, I remind all New Yorkers to take advantage of the tools we have that help protect against and treat COVID-19," Governor Hochul said. "The vaccine and booster are the best tools we have to prevent serious hospitalization from COVID-19, and I encourage those who are not up to date on their vaccine and booster doses to get caught up immediately. Take a test if you feel unwell and if you do test positive, talk to your doctor about potential treatment."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

Cases Per 100k - 40.46
7-Day Average Cases Per 100k - 31.48
Test Results Reported - 88,251
Total Positive - 7,906
Percent Positive - 8.61%**
7-Day Average Percent Positive - 8.59%
Patient Hospitalization - 2,628 (-69)
Patients Newly Admitted - 423
Patients in ICU - 243 (-6)
Patients in ICU with Intubation - 87 (2)
Total Discharges - 327,729 (456)
New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 22
Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 57,155

** 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.

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.

Total deaths reported to and compiled by the CDC - 72,894

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.

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

REGION	Monday, August 1, 2022	Tuesday, August 2, 2022	Wednesday, August 3, 2022
Capital Region	21.07	20.98	21.09
Central New York	17.22	18.11	18.53
Finger Lakes	13.59	13.54	13.74
Long Island	38.04	37.18	37.07
Mid-Hudson	30.72	30.75	30.6
Mohawk Valley	17.19	18.72	19.34
New York City	38.98	39.42	39.98
North Country	15.24	14.63	14.59
Southern Tier	18.12	18.26	17.81
Western New York	16.22	15.97	16.37
Statewide	31.10	31.21	31.48

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

REGION	Monday, August 1, 2022	Tuesday, August 2, 2022	Wednesday, August 3, 2022
Capital Region	10.39%	10.43%	10.53%
Central New York	8.22%	8.63%	8.76%
Finger Lakes	7.73%	7.63%	7.62%
Long Island	9.74%	9.65%	9.65%
Mid-Hudson	9.32%	8.86%	9.04%
Mohawk Valley	9.74%	10.35%	10.64%
New York City	8.06%	8.04%	8.06%
North Country	8.19%	8.21%	8.07%
Southern Tier	7.99%	8.21%	8.12%
Western New York	11.11%	11.35%	11.45%
Statewide	8.64%	8.59%	8.63%

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

REGION	Monday, August 1, 2022	Tuesday, August 2, 2022	Wednesday, August 3, 2022
Bronx	9.20%	9.13%	8.98%
Kings	7.28%	7.32%	7.44%
New York	7.05%	6.91%	6.83%
Queens	9.33%	9.38%	9.37%
Richmond	8.31%	8.35%	8.43%

Yesterday, 7,906 New Yorkers tested positive for COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 5,795,173 A geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	69,670	74
Allegany	9,764	6
Broome	52,033	36
Cattaraugus	17,189	14
Cayuga	18,161	11
Chautauqua	26,387	20
Chemung	23,799	17
Chenango	10,459	14
Clinton	19,679	18
Columbia	11,950	33
Cortland	11,887	15
Delaware	8,990	7
Dutchess	73,835	92
Erie	242,755	200
Essex	6,731	2
Franklin	10,703	6
Fulton	14,400	14
Genesee	15,068	8
Greene	9,763	13
Hamilton	975	-
Herkimer	15,670	15
Jefferson	23,097	21
Lewis	6,660	4
Livingston	12,998	7
Madison	15,027	15
Monroe	173,542	138
Montgomery	13,366	10
Nassau	476,687	633
Niagara	54,276	44
NYC	2,695,354	4,449
Oneida	61,538	48
Onondaga	128,174	113
Ontario	23,062	18
Orange	121,378	151
Orleans	9,564	11
Oswego	30,230	28
Otsego	11,730	15
Putnam	27,474	36
Rensselaer	37,121	39
Rockland	104,716	169
Saratoga	54,571	41
Schenectady	38,808	49
Schoharie	5,771	10
Schuyler	3,952	3
Seneca	6,735	7
St. Lawrence	23,661	27
Steuben	22,617	17
Suffolk	491,951	653
Sullivan	21,113	38
Tioga	12,420	15
Tompkins	23,423	28
Ulster	37,171	51
Warren	16,385	27
Washington	13,897	15
Wayne	19,522	19
Westchester	294,233	331
Wyoming	9,159	8
Yates	3,922	3

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	112	65	58.0%	47	42.0%
Central New York	83	41	49.4%	42	50.6%
Finger Lakes	203	54	26.6%	149	73.4%
Long Island	458	195	42.6%	263	57.4%
Mid-Hudson	279	123	44.1%	156	55.9%
Mohawk Valley	36	21	58.3%	15	41.7%
New York City	1,271	489	38.5%	782	61.5%
North Country	32	21	65.6%	11	34.4%
Southern Tier	59	36	61.0%	23	39.0%
Western New York	95	43	45.3%	52	54.7%
Statewide	2,628	1,088	41.4%	1,540	58.6%

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, there were 22 total new deaths reported due to COVID-19, bringing the total to 57,155. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence: