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

20 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 prepare for any potential surges in the fall, be sure to use the tools now 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 - 38.31
7-Day Average Cases Per 100k - 31.21
Test Results Reported - 83,549
Total Positive - 7,487
Percent Positive - 8.50%**
7-Day Average Percent Positive - 8.59%
Patient Hospitalization - 2,697 (-1)
Patients Newly Admitted - 437
Patients in ICU - 249 (+1)
Patients in ICU with Intubation - 85 (+1)
Total Discharges - 327,273 (+389)
New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 20
Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 57,133

** 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 - 72,847

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, July 31, 2022	Monday, August 1, 2022	Tuesday, August 2, 2022
Capital Region	21.33	21.07	20.98
Central New York	17.30	17.22	18.11
Finger Lakes	13.98	13.59	13.54
Long Island	39.22	38.04	37.18
Mid-Hudson	30.94	30.72	30.75
Mohawk Valley	16.51	17.19	18.72
New York City	39.37	38.98	39.42
North Country	14.87	15.24	14.63
Southern Tier	18.08	18.12	18.26
Western New York	16.76	16.22	15.97
Statewide	31.53	31.10	31.21

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

Region	Sunday, July 31, 2022	Monday, August 1, 2022	Tuesday, August 2, 2022
Capital Region	10.35%	10.39%	10.43%
Central New York	8.34%	8.22%	8.63%
Finger Lakes	7.73%	7.73%	7.63%
Long Island	9.86%	9.74%	9.65%
Mid-Hudson	9.09%	9.32%	8.86%
Mohawk Valley	9.70%	9.74%	10.35%
New York City	8.15%	8.06%	8.04%
North Country	8.04%	8.19%	8.21%
Southern Tier	8.03%	7.99%	8.21%
Western New York	11.37%	11.11%	11.35%
Statewide	8.69%	8.64%	8.59%

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, July 31, 2022	Monday, August 1, 2022	Tuesday, August 2, 2022
Bronx	9.32%	9.20%	9.13%
Kings	7.34%	7.28%	7.32%
New York	7.07%	7.05%	6.91%
Queens	9.47%	9.33%	9.38%
Richmond	8.42%	8.31%	8.35%

Yesterday, 7,487 New Yorkers tested positive for COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 5,787,267 A geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	69,596	92
Allegany	9,758	4
Broome	51,997	42
Cattaraugus	17,175	16
Cayuga	18,150	11
Chautauqua	26,367	21
Chemung	23,782	14
Chenango	10,445	8
Clinton	19,661	12
Columbia	11,917	5
Cortland	11,872	15
Delaware	8,983	8
Dutchess	73,743	73
Erie	242,555	179
Essex	6,729	7
Franklin	10,697	6
Fulton	14,386	24
Genesee	15,060	10
Greene	9,750	6
Hamilton	975	-
Herkimer	15,655	17
Jefferson	23,076	19
Lewis	6,656	2
Livingston	12,991	5
Madison	15,012	14
Monroe	173,404	111
Montgomery	13,356	7
Nassau	476,054	581
Niagara	54,232	31
NYC	2,690,905	4,282
Oneida	61,490	55
Onondaga	128,061	118
Ontario	23,044	25
Orange	121,227	152
Orleans	9,553	3
Oswego	30,202	33
Otsego	11,715	14
Putnam	27,438	31
Rensselaer	37,082	33
Rockland	104,547	122
Saratoga	54,530	54
Schenectady	38,759	40
Schoharie	5,761	9
Schuyler	3,949	7
Seneca	6,728	-
St. Lawrence	23,634	16
Steuben	22,600	24
Suffolk	491,298	603
Sullivan	21,075	29
Tioga	12,405	18
Tompkins	23,395	24
Ulster	37,120	30
Warren	16,358	25
Washington	13,882	11
Wayne	19,503	14
Westchester	293,902	367
Wyoming	9,151	5
Yates	3,919	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	116	72	62.1%	44	37.9%
Central New York	83	44	53.0%	39	47.0%
Finger Lakes	195	47	24.1%	148	75.9%
Long Island	459	203	44.2%	256	55.8%
Mid-Hudson	281	125	44.5%	156	55.5%
Mohawk Valley	36	25	69.4%	11	30.6%
New York City	1,337	533	39.9%	804	60.1%
North Country	41	29	70.7%	12	29.3%
Southern Tier	57	35	61.4%	22	38.6%
Western New York	92	41	44.6%	51	55.4%
Statewide	2,697	1,154	42.8%	1,543	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 20 total new deaths reported due to COVID-19, bringing the total to 57,133. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence: