ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Governor Kathy Hochul today updated New Yorkers on the state’s progress combating COVID-19 on Thursday, December 30. Officials continue to urge New Yorkers to utilize the tools we have by getting vaccinated, getting their booster, wearing a mask, and washing their hands.
“As the New Year approaches, it’s more important than ever that we take the necessary precautions to keep each other safe in the face of the COVID winter surge,” Governor Hochul said. “It’s up to all of us to make 2022 a safer, healthier year than 2021.”
Today’s data is summarized briefly below:
- Test Results Reported – 336,469
- Total Positive – 74,207
- Percent Positive – 22.05%
- 7-Day Average Percent Positive – 16.21%
- Patient Hospitalization – 7,373 (+606)
- Patients Newly Admitted – 1,635
- Patients in ICU – 1,020 (+58)
- Patients in ICU with Intubation – 518 (+19)
- Total Discharges – 229,656 (+1,047)
- New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS – 76
- Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS – 48,325
The Health Electronic Response Data System is an 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 – 61,242
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 – 33,514,185
- Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours – 145,481
- Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days – 671,800
- Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose – 89.0%
- Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series – 80.5%
- 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) – 82.8%
- Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose – 77.9%
- Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series – 69.7%
- Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) – 83.8%
- Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) – 71.7%
