August 10, 2022
Albany, NY

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.

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

"Vaccinations, boosters, testing and treatment are the best tools we have to keep one another safe and healthy as we look toward potential fall surges," Governor Hochul said. "I encourage New Yorkers to take advantage of what's available to them and to talk to their doctors to discuss treatment options and preventative measures."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

  • Cases Per 100k - 29.64
  • 7-Day Average Cases Per 100k - 28.79
  • Test Results Reported - 92,284
  • Total Positive - 5,792
  • Percent Positive - 5.94%**
  • 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 7.98%
  • Patient Hospitalization - 2,551 (-50)
  • Patients Newly Admitted - 459
  • Patients in ICU - 235 (+19)
  • Patients in ICU with Intubation - 77 (-1)
  • Total Discharges - 329,841 (+450)
  • New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 22
  • Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 57,274

** 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 - 73,180

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

Sunday, August 7, 2022

Monday, August 8, 2022

Tuesday, August 9, 2022

Capital Region

20.04

19.66

19.78

Central New York

19.10

19.69

19.71

Finger Lakes

13.11

12.92

13.09

Long Island

32.22

34.66

33.90

Mid-Hudson

28.56

28.75

28.02

Mohawk Valley

20.40

19.37

19.52

New York City

37.57

38.24

35.84

North Country

14.87

15.65

16.37

Southern Tier

16.93

16.72

15.66

Western New York

15.60

15.82

15.68

Statewide

29.38

30.03

28.79

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

Region

Sunday, August 7, 2022

Monday, August 8, 2022

Tuesday, August 9, 2022

Capital Region

9.82%

9.67%

9.86%

Central New York

9.01%

9.21%

8.98%

Finger Lakes

7.59%

7.46%

7.57%

Long Island

9.38%

9.35%

9.38%

Mid-Hudson

9.22%

9.23%

7.78%

Mohawk Valley

10.79%

10.47%

10.57%

New York City

7.90%

7.91%

7.29%

North Country

8.87%

9.16%

9.38%

Southern Tier

8.13%

8.12%

7.89%

Western New York

11.13%

11.07%

10.83%

Statewide

8.51%

8.51%

7.98%

** 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.

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, August 7, 2022

Monday, August 8, 2022

Tuesday, August 9, 2022

Bronx

8.40%

8.47%

8.44%

Kings

7.22%

7.26%

5.78%

New York

6.83%

6.78%

6.82%

Queens

9.44%

9.43%

9.14%

Richmond

8.17%

8.14%

8.11%

** 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.

Yesterday, 5,792 New Yorkers tested positive for COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 5,826,656 A geographic breakdown is as follows:

County

Total Positive

New Positive

Albany

70,046

76

Allegany

9,794

10

Broome

52,183

28

Cattaraugus

17,278

32

Cayuga

18,216

12

Chautauqua

26,502

27

Chemung

23,873

8

Chenango

10,494

7

Clinton

19,774

10

Columbia

12,002

15

Cortland

11,937

15

Delaware

9,033

8

Dutchess

74,261

82

Erie

243,576

138

Essex

6,764

7

Franklin

10,736

4

Fulton

14,478

23

Genesee

15,094

7

Greene

9,792

7

Hamilton

981

1

Herkimer

15,743

17

Jefferson

23,204

29

Lewis

6,682

6

Livingston

13,036

11

Madison

15,083

10

Monroe

174,096

110

Montgomery

13,423

13

Nassau

479,451

559

Niagara

54,453

30

NYC

2,711,975

2,869

Oneida

61,791

59

Onondaga

128,738

118

Ontario

23,152

21

Orange

122,064

130

Orleans

9,579

2

Oswego

30,393

37

Otsego

11,791

14

Putnam

27,613

27

Rensselaer

37,333

69

Rockland

105,253

106

Saratoga

54,808

47

Schenectady

38,964

28

Schoharie

5,800

5

Schuyler

3,957

-

Seneca

6,763

6

St. Lawrence

23,767

26

Steuben

22,714

10

Suffolk

494,639

473

Sullivan

21,264

29

Tioga

12,462

7

Tompkins

23,534

30

Ulster

37,376

38

Warren

16,476

17

Washington

13,955

16

Wayne

19,605

21

Westchester

295,775

273

Wyoming

9,190

10

Yates

3,940

2

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

96

58

60.4%

38

39.6%

Central New York

81

42

51.9%

39

48.1%

Finger Lakes

189

55

29.1%

134

70.9%

Long Island

503

212

42.1%

291

57.9%

Mid-Hudson

271

112

41.3%

159

58.7%

Mohawk Valley

41

20

48.8%

21

51.2%

New York City

1,195

481

40.3%

714

59.7%

North Country

37

24

64.9%

13

35.1%

Southern Tier

50

25

50.0%

25

50.0%

Western New York

88

29

33.0%

59

67.0%

Statewide

2,551

1,058

41.5%

1,493

58.5%

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, there were 22 total new deaths reported due to COVID-19, bringing the total to 57,274. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:

County

New Deaths

Bronx

1

Erie

2

Herkimer

1

Kings

6

Montgomery

2

Nassau

1

Orange

2

Queens

4

St. Lawrence

1

Suffolk

1

Warren

1

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Contact us by phone:

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

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