NYS coronavirus update, September 9

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Gov. Kathy Hochul provided New Yorkers with an update on the state's progress combating COVID-19.

"As we continue to fight COVID-19 and work with localities and all our health providers who are operating our vaccination sites, it is important to remember that we are all in this together - every one of us," said Gov. Hochul. "That's how we got through the worst phase of this pandemic, and it's how we'll get to the end of it."

Thursday's COVID data is summarized below:

• Test Results Reported - 176,675
• Total Positive - 5,402
• Percent Positive - 3.06%
• 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 3.35%
• Patient Hospitalization - 2,427 (+12)
• Patients Newly Admitted - 316
• Patients in ICU - 520 (+17)
• Patients in ICU with Intubation - 271 (+6)
• Total Discharges - 195,182 (+277)
• New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 19
• Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 43,839

This shows a decrease is positive cases from Wednesday, from 3.72% to 3.06% percent positive. There were also fewer deaths, from 31 to 19.

Thursday's COVID vaccine data:

• Total vaccine doses administered - 24,130,905
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours - 56,138
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days - 342,509
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose - 78.4%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series - 70.9%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 81.0%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 72.7%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose - 66.2%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series - 59.6%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 68.5%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 61.1%  

"The vaccine works. It is our strongest weapon in this fight, and millions of New Yorkers have already taken it and are better protected as a result," said Gov. Hochul. "Getting vaccinated is not only essential to protect your own health, but the best way to protect everyone around you."

Each New York City borough's 7-day average percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:

Yesterday, 5,402 New Yorkers tested positive for COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 2,302,013. A geographic breakdown is as follows: 
  

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	27,481	81
Allegany	3,806	8
Broome	20,702	84
Cattaraugus	6,389	45
Cayuga	7,456	53
Chautauqua	10,113	62
Chemung	8,520	37
Chenango	4,002	11
Clinton	5,229	15
Columbia	4,445	8
Cortland	4,522	16
Delaware	2,787	16
Dutchess	32,723	126
Erie	96,255	230
Essex	1,836	7
Franklin	3,122	15
Fulton	5,043	24
Genesee	5,819	15
Greene	3,791	20
Hamilton	391	7
Herkimer	5,754	24
Jefferson	6,945	46
Lewis	3,036	11
Livingston	4,964	11
Madison	5,143	27
Monroe	75,613	147
Montgomery	4,842	24
Nassau	201,651	393
Niagara	21,447	51
NYC	1,032,052	1,972
Oneida	24,692	82
Onondaga	43,698	172
Ontario	8,172	32
Orange	53,075	125
Orleans	3,426	19
Oswego	8,945	84
Otsego	3,969	21
Putnam	11,531	15
Rensselaer	12,738	44
Rockland	49,780	45
Saratoga	17,742	50
Schenectady	14,774	48
Schoharie	1,973	10
Schuyler	1,195	4
Seneca	2,305	17
St. Lawrence	8,063	68
Steuben	7,814	30
Suffolk	221,068	535
Sullivan	7,522	21
Tioga	4,206	21
Tompkins	5,544	55
Ulster	15,726	51
Warren	4,367	20
Washington	3,621	31
Wayne	6,522	26
Westchester	138,583	166
Wyoming	3,770	13
Yates	1,313	11

Yesterday, 19 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19, bringing the total to 43,839. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:

County	New Deaths
Allegany	1
Bronx	2
Broome	1
Dutchess	1
Fulton	1
Herkimer	2
Manhattan	1
Nassau	2
Oneida	1
Oswego	1
Queens	2
St. Lawrence	2
Suffolk	1
Warren	1

Yesterday, 30,257 New Yorkers received their first vaccine dose, and 27,662 completed their vaccine series. A geographic breakdown of New Yorkers who have been vaccinated by region is as follows:

	People with at least one vaccine dose	People with complete vaccine series
Region	Cumulative  Total	Increase over past 24 hours	Cumulative  Total	Increase over past 24 hours
Capital Region	731,841	1,129	672,331	1,026
Central New York	572,381	777	531,271	714
Finger Lakes	740,461	1,233	690,731	998
Long Island	1,784,819	4,690	1,582,876	4,032
Mid-Hudson	1,403,043	3,035	1,243,683	2,961
Mohawk Valley	285,046	447	263,519	394
New York City	6,288,465	16,644	5,581,217	15,151
North Country	264,582	456	239,058	338
Southern Tier	379,634	625	350,457	542
Western New York	806,727	1,221	742,063	1,506
Statewide	13,256,999	30,257	11,897,206	27,662