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

21 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.

"As we navigate through this pandemic, remember that vaccinations, boosters, testing and treatment are the best tools we have to keep one another safe and healthy as we plan to respond to potential surges this fall," 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 - 34.47
7-Day Average Cases Per 100k - 27.94
Test Results Reported - 96,392
Total Positive - 6,736
Percent Positive - 6.45%**
7-Day Average Percent Positive - 7.56%
Patient Hospitalization - 2,502 (-49)
Patients Newly Admitted - 406
Patients in ICU - 237 (+2)
Patients in ICU with Intubation - 87 (+10)
Total Discharges - 330,277 (+436)
New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 21
Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 57,296

** 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 - 73,198

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 8, 2022	Tuesday, August 9, 2022	Wednesday, August 10, 2022
Capital Region	19.66	19.78	19.53
Central New York	19.69	19.71	19.09
Finger Lakes	12.92	13.09	12.81
Long Island	34.66	33.90	33.26
Mid-Hudson	28.75	28.02	27.62
Mohawk Valley	19.37	19.52	19.40
New York City	38.24	35.84	34.32
North Country	15.65	16.37	16.98
Southern Tier	16.72	15.66	15.32
Western New York	15.82	15.68	15.59
Statewide	30.03	28.79	27.94

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

Region	Monday, August 8, 2022	Tuesday, August 9, 2022	Wednesday, August 10, 2022
Capital Region	9.67%	9.86%	9.55%
Central New York	9.21%	8.98%	8.83%
Finger Lakes	7.46%	7.57%	7.51%
Long Island	9.35%	9.38%	9.10%
Mid-Hudson	9.23%	7.78%	6.73%
Mohawk Valley	10.47%	10.57%	10.65%
New York City	7.91%	7.29%	6.94%
North Country	9.16%	9.38%	9.69%
Southern Tier	8.12%	7.89%	7.28%
Western New York	11.07%	10.83%	10.69%
Statewide	8.51%	7.98%	7.56%

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, August 8, 2022	Tuesday, August 9, 2022	Wednesday, August 10, 2022
Bronx	8.47%	8.44%	8.36%
Kings	7.26%	5.78%	5.26%
New York	6.78%	6.82%	6.66%
Queens	9.43%	9.14%	8.89%
Richmond	8.14%	8.11%	7.80%

Yesterday, 6,736 New Yorkers tested positive for COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 5,833,392. A geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	70,117	71
Allegany	9,796	2
Broome	52,217	34
Cattaraugus	17,297	19
Cayuga	18,229	13
Chautauqua	26,528	26
Chemung	23,893	20
Chenango	10,502	8
Clinton	19,786	12
Columbia	12,009	7
Cortland	11,947	10
Delaware	9,041	8
Dutchess	74,368	107
Erie	243,766	190
Essex	6,775	11
Franklin	10,752	16
Fulton	14,499	21
Genesee	15,100	6
Greene	9,797	5
Hamilton	983	2
Herkimer	15,761	18
Jefferson	23,228	24
Lewis	6,685	3
Livingston	13,045	9
Madison	15,089	6
Monroe	174,233	137
Montgomery	13,430	7
Nassau	480,031	580
Niagara	54,491	38
NYC	2,715,532	3,557
Oneida	61,833	42
Onondaga	128,823	85
Ontario	23,175	23
Orange	122,219	155
Orleans	9,583	4
Oswego	30,427	34
Otsego	11,803	12
Putnam	27,647	34
Rensselaer	37,376	43
Rockland	105,359	106
Saratoga	54,858	50
Schenectady	39,010	46
Schoharie	5,808	8
Schuyler	3,960	3
Seneca	6,765	2
St. Lawrence	23,795	28
Steuben	22,730	16
Suffolk	495,217	578
Sullivan	21,280	16
Tioga	12,470	8
Tompkins	23,559	25
Ulster	37,430	54
Warren	16,500	24
Washington	13,981	26
Wayne	19,617	12
Westchester	296,107	332
Wyoming	9,192	2
Yates	3,941	1

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	57	59.4%	39	40.6%
Central New York	82	44	53.7%	38	46.3%
Finger Lakes	186	53	28.5%	133	71.5%
Long Island	472	221	46.8%	251	53.2%
Mid-Hudson	281	121	43.1%	160	56.9%
Mohawk Valley	44	21	47.7%	23	52.3%
New York City	1,175	474	40.3%	701	59.7%
North Country	34	20	58.8%	14	41.2%
Southern Tier	49	26	53.1%	23	46.9%
Western New York	83	34	41.0%	49	59.0%
Statewide	2,502	1,071	42.8%	1,431	57.2%

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 21 total new deaths reported due to COVID-19, bringing the total to 57,296. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence: