News Every Day | 19 September 2021, 21:43

Governor Hochul provides Sunday coronavirus update 9/19

NEW YORK (WWTI) — Governor Kathy Hochul updated New Yorkers on the state's progress combating COVID-19 on Sunday.

"COVID-19 remains a threat to New Yorkers across the state, and it's critical that we take decisive action to vaccinate more people and slow the spread," Governor Hochul said. "We continue to implement important masking requirements to protect children and families, but getting shots in arms is the key to a safe and healthy future. Vaccines are available for free at convenient sites and millions of people have taken them, so I urge all New Yorkers who haven't to get vaccinated immediately."

Sunday's data is summarized briefly below:

Test Results Reported - 207,697
Total Positive - 5,275
Percent Positive - 2.54%
7-Day Average Percent Positive - 2.99%
Patient Hospitalization - 2,295 (-87)
Patients Newly Admitted - 285
Patients in ICU - 545 (-12)
Patients in ICU with Intubation - 320 (+8)
Total Discharges - 197,959 (+330)
New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 31
Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 44,165
Total deaths reported to and compiled by the CDC - 56,184
Total vaccine doses administered - 24,671,208
Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours - 49,338
Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days - 362,240
Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose - 80.0%
Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series - 72.2%
Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 82.5%
Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 74.0%
Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose - 67.7%
Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series - 60.9%
Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 69.9%
Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 62.4%

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

Region	Thursday, September 16, 2021	Friday, September 17, 2021	Saturday, September 18, 2021
Capital Region	4.21%	4.12%	3.99%
Central New York	5.03%	4.99%	4.84%
Finger Lakes	4.94%	4.93%	4.95%
Long Island	3.97%	3.92%	3.85%
Mid-Hudson	3.41%	3.36%	3.07%
Mohawk Valley	4.64%	4.55%	4.27%
New York City	2.06%	2.07%	2.00%
North Country	5.80%	5.85%	5.93%
Southern Tier	3.20%	3.33%	3.41%
Western New York	4.96%	4.75%	4.89%
Statewide	3.09%	3.07%	2.99%

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	Thursday, September 16, 2021	Friday, September 17, 2021	Saturday, September 18, 2021
Bronx	2.16%	2.03%	1.94%
Kings	2.32%	2.36%	2.18%
New York	1.55%	1.55%	1.55%
Queens	2.15%	2.16%	2.16%
Richmond	2.58%	2.62%	2.59%

Yesterday, 5,275 New Yorkers tested positive for COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 2,355,168. A geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	28,239	75
Allegany	3,981	14
Broome	21,557	71
Cattaraugus	6,675	30
Cayuga	7,828	46
Chautauqua	10,796	122
Chemung	8,956	67
Chenango	4,148	15
Clinton	5,585	56
Columbia	4,608	28
Cortland	4,783	38
Delaware	3,017	12
Dutchess	33,589	73
Erie	98,475	266
Essex	1,929	7
Franklin	3,444	25
Fulton	5,232	16
Genesee	6,017	34
Greene	3,919	22
Hamilton	407	0
Herkimer	5,937	13
Jefferson	7,370	44
Lewis	3,159	28
Livingston	5,140	23
Madison	5,338	20
Monroe	77,583	219
Montgomery	5,023	10
Nassau	205,748	357
Niagara	22,005	73
NYC	1,050,368	1,755
Oneida	25,527	87
Onondaga	45,436	207
Ontario	8,464	36
Orange	54,237	90
Orleans	3,589	12
Oswego	9,496	58
Otsego	4,130	8
Putnam	11,765	23
Rensselaer	13,180	54
Rockland	50,600	103
Saratoga	18,312	58
Schenectady	15,162	39
Schoharie	2,054	4
Schuyler	1,264	9
Seneca	2,444	12
St. Lawrence	8,774	59
Steuben	8,285	52
Suffolk	226,321	444
Sullivan	7,765	25
Tioga	4,368	8
Tompkins	5,889	48
Ulster	16,239	44
Warren	4,646	21
Washington	3,870	16
Wayne	6,868	32
Westchester	140,362	158
Wyoming	3,884	7
Yates	1,381	2

Yesterday, 31 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19, bringing the total to 44,165. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:

County	New Deaths
Bronx	1
Broome	2
Chemung	2
Chenango	1
Erie	3
Greene	1
Herkimer	1
Kings	3
Livingston	2
Madison	1
Manhattan	1
Oneida	2
Onondaga	1
Ontario	1
Queens	2
Rockland	1
Saratoga	1
Seneca	1
Suffolk	3
Ulster	1

Yesterday, 25,971 New Yorkers received their first vaccine dose, and 24,785 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:

Region	Cumulative Total	Increase over past 24 hours
Capital Region	740,599	624
Central New York	578,794	495
Finger Lakes	750,483	753
Long Island	1,831,667	3,877
Mid-Hudson	1,428,909	2,049
Mohawk Valley	288,739	360
New York City	6,470,872	16,020
North Country	268,371	222
Southern Tier	384,436	331
Western New York	819,349	1,240
Statewide	13,562,219	25,971

People with complete vaccine series:

Region	Cumulative Total	Increase over past 24 hours
Capital Region	680,824	636
Central New York	537,008	641
Finger Lakes	699,073	726
Long Island	1,621,423	4,159
Mid-Hudson	1,267,030	2,089
Mohawk Valley	267,101	338
New York City	5,728,370	14,372
North Country	241,995	234
Southern Tier	354,916	402
Western New York	752,479	1,188
Statewide	12,150,219	24,785