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

46 Statewide Deaths Reported from 7/16 to 7/18

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.

Important Note: HERDS data collection from health care facilities was paused due to the weekend from 7/16/2022-07/17/2022. Data from those days were submitted in Monday’s report. Where noted, totals include three days of cumulative data from 07/16/2022-07/18/2022. As a result, some data may appear higher than recent trends. Data affected is marked with an asterisk.

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

“As we continue to respond to new variants, we must remain vigilant and continue using the tools we have at our disposal to keep ourselves safe against and treat COVID-19,” Governor Hochul said. “Be sure to keep up to date on your vaccine and booster doses, and consult with your child’s pediatrician about getting them vaccinated as soon as possible. If you’re traveling or feel unwell, get tested, and if you do test positive, talk to your doctor about treatment options.”

Today’s data is summarized briefly below:

Cases Per 100k – 27.73
7-Day Average Cases Per 100k – 35.43
Test Results Reported – 47,464
Total Positive – 5,420
Percent Positive – 11.04%**
7-Day Average Percent Positive – 8.93%**
Patient Hospitalization – 2,628 (+167)
Patients Newly Admitted – 1,045*
Patients in ICU – 244 (+14)
Patients in ICU with Intubation – 80 (+6)
Total Discharges – 321,696 (+840)*
New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS – 46*
Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS – 56,832*

** 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 – 72,517

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	Saturday, July 16, 2022	Sunday, July 17, 2022	Monday, July 18, 2022
Capital Region	21.38	20.79	20.42
Central New York	15.01	15.35	15.75
Finger Lakes	12.33	12.58	12.68
Long Island	44.66	45.73	41.31
Mid-Hudson	31.14	30.89	29.75
Mohawk Valley	13.36	13.78	14.69
New York City	52.29	52.46	49.07
North Country	15.41	15.86	15.99
Southern Tier	14.10	14.38	14.40
Western New York	14.60	14.71	15.38
Statewide	37.35	37.58	35.43

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

Region	Saturday, July 16, 2022	Sunday, July 17, 2022	Monday, July 18, 2022
Capital Region	9.59%	9.52%	9.46%
Central New York	6.78%	6.92%	7.02%
Finger Lakes	6.62%	6.84%	6.87%
Long Island	10.07%	10.07%	10.07%
Mid-Hudson	9.37%	9.37%	9.19%
Mohawk Valley	7.59%	7.94%	8.50%
New York City	8.91%	8.85%	8.82%
North Country	8.38%	8.77%	8.70%
Southern Tier	6.89%	6.60%	6.64%
Western New York	10.05%	10.28%	10.39%
Statewide	8.97%	8.95%	8.93%