Governor Hochul provides Sunday, Dec. 19, coronavirus update

NEW YORK (WWTI/NEWS10) — Governor Kathy Hochul up to date New Yorkers on the state’s progress combating COVID-19 on Sunday, December 19. Officials proceed to encourage New Yorkers to make the most of the instruments we now have right this moment by getting vaccinated, getting their booster, carrying a masks, and washing their fingers.

Tracking COVID circumstances by county

Sunday’s information is summarized briefly beneath: 

• Test Results Reported – 267,422
• Total Positive – 22,478
• Percent Positive – 8.41%
• 7-Day Average Percent Positive – 6.88%
• Patient Hospitalization – 3,880 (-29)
• Patients Newly Admitted – 542
• Patients in ICU – 761 (+16)
• Patients in ICU with Intubation – 448 (+11)
• Total Discharges – 223,318 (+540)
• New deaths reported by healthcare amenities via HERDS – 58
• Total deaths reported by healthcare amenities via HERDS – 47,551
• Total deaths reported to and compiled by the CDC – 60,253
• Total vaccine doses administered – 32,372,596
• Total vaccine doses administered over previous 24 hours – 136,402
• Total vaccine doses administered over previous 7 days – 1,073,824
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with not less than one vaccine dose – 88.0% 
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with accomplished vaccine sequence – 79.9% 
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with not less than one vaccine dose (CDC) – 94.3%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with accomplished vaccine sequence (CDC) – 82.3% 
• Percent of all New Yorkers with not less than one vaccine dose – 76.6% 
• Percent of all New Yorkers with accomplished vaccine sequence – 68.9% 
• Percent of all New Yorkers with not less than one vaccine dose (CDC) – 82.0% 
• Percent of all New Yorkers with accomplished vaccine sequence (CDC) – 70.9%

Tracking COVID vaccinations within the Capital Region

Each area’s 7-day common of circumstances per 100K inhabitants is as follows:

RegionThursday, December 16, 2021Friday, December 17, 2021Saturday, December 18, 2021Capital Region58.1559.2559.87Central New York64.6267.4468.16Finger Lakes55.3557.6256.81Long Island87.0193.69102.76Mid-Hudson58.0463.3068.83Mohawk Valley75.5676.3077.04New York City65.9579.1292.92North Country62.3059.4057.08Southern Tier102.54103.99110.44Western New York59.7358.0056.22Statewide67.8475.2983.26

Each area’s 7-day common proportion of constructive check outcomes reported during the last three days is as follows:   

Region Thursday, December 16, 2021Friday, December 17, 2021Saturday, December 18, 2021Capital Region6.59percent6.67percent6.93%Central New York7.55percent8.20percent8.20%Finger Lakes8.18percent8.26percent8.31%Long Island8.19percent8.73percent9.32%Mid-Hudson5.48percent5.76percent6.08%Mohawk Valley8.00percent8.20percent8.71%New York City4.39percent5.23percent6.04%North Country8.04percent7.61percent7.57%Southern Tier6.97percent6.76percent7.26%Western New York9.24percent9.05percent9.09%Statewide5.73percent6.29percent6.88%

Each New York City borough’s 7-day common proportion of constructive check outcomes reported during the last three days is as follows:   

Borough in NYC Thursday, December 16, 2021Friday, December 17, 2021Saturday, December 18, 2021Bronx3.83percent4.73percent5.53%Kings4.25percent5.12percent6.00%New York4.49percent5.45percent6.36%Queens4.53percent5.24percent5.99%Richmond5.26percent5.71percent5.98%

As of Saturday, December 18, 22,478 New Yorkers examined constructive for COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the entire compiled by HERDS to 2,940,194. A geographic breakdown is as follows:  

County  Total Positive  New Positive  Total Omicron Cases Confirmed Statewide: 192*Albany37,566187–Allegany6,71731–Broome31,2731931Cattaraugus11,07654–Cayuga10,72055–Chautauqua16,80384–Chemung14,22768–Chenango6,33437–Clinton9,10963–Columbia6,41838–Cortland6,71940–Delaware5,13136–Dutchess41,0552161Erie136,795373–Essex3,39522–Franklin6,12325–Fulton8,67240–Genesee9,66030–Greene5,54838–Hamilton5752–Herkimer9,41851–Jefferson12,62920–Lewis4,60817–Livingston8,06424–Madison8,38746–Monroe106,459374–Montgomery7,94526–Nassau245,7922,0238Niagara31,97895–NYC1,221,19012,40441Oneida36,5901354Onondaga65,2582971Ontario13,20367–Orange67,162368–Orleans6,20124–Oswego16,03969–Otsego6,24240–Putnam14,320105–Rensselaer19,438107–Rockland58,283271–Saratoga27,915139–Schenectady21,07863–Schoharie3,19919–Schuyler2,26429–Seneca3,71821–St. Lawrence14,51979–Steuben14,05251–Suffolk278,1081,95016Sullivan10,75264–Tioga7,18641–Tompkins10,321556117Ulster20,72280–Warren8,34059–Washington7,73551–Wayne11,66656–Westchester157,2969833Wyoming5,93633–Yates2,2659–Unknown–––

Over the final two days, 58 New Yorkers died on account of COVID-19, bringing the entire to 47,551. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:   

County New Deaths Albany1Allegany1Bronx3Chautauqua3Erie5Genesee1Herkimer3Jefferson1Kings8Manhattan3Monroe2Nassau2Niagara3Oneida1Onondaga6Ontario1Orange1Putnam1Queens5Rockland2Saratoga1Suffolk4

As of Saturday, December 18, 30,413 New Yorkers obtained their first vaccine dose, and 17,668 accomplished their vaccine sequence. A geographic breakdown of New Yorkers who’ve been vaccinated by area is as follows: 

People with not less than one vaccine dose:

RegionCumulative
TotalEnhance over previous 24 hoursCapital Region929,6301,360Central New York624,350495Finger Lakes829,663644Long Island2,056,1761,668Mid-Hudson1,607,3282,545Mohawk Valley314,125143New York City7,452,88722,252North Country291,968197Southern Tier422,350164Western New York913,187945Statewide15,441,66430,413

People with full vaccine sequence:

RegionCumulative
TotalEnhance over previous 24 hoursCapital Region848,806190Central New York576,548410Finger Lakes765,858908Long Island1,826,2901,454Mid-Hudson1,409,5942,593Mohawk Valley290,222149New York City6,583,93310,781North Country262,713103Southern Tier386,715184Western New York834,349896Statewide13,785,02817,668

All New York State mass vaccination websites are open to eligible New Yorkers aged 12 years and older for walk-in vaccination on a first-come, first-serve foundation, with 10 websites open to eligible New Yorkers aged 5 and older. Preference to a scheduled appointment at a state-run mass vaccination site can achieve this on the Am I Eligible App or by calling 1-833-NYS-4-VAX. You can also contact your native well being division, pharmacy, physician, or hospital to schedule appointments the place vaccines can be found or by visiting vaccines.gov to seek out data on vaccine appointments close to you.

New Yorkers seeking to schedule vaccine appointments for 5-11-year-old kids are inspired to contact their little one’s pediatrician, household doctor, county well being departments, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), rural well being facilities, or pharmacies which may be administering the vaccine for this age group. Parents and guardians can go to vaccines.gov, textual content their ZIP code to 438829, or name 1-800-232-0233 to seek out close by areas.

Make positive that the supplier presents the Pfizer-BioNTechCOVID-19 vaccine, as the opposite COVID-19 vaccines are usually not but approved for this age group. Visit the website for parents and guardians for brand spanking new data, ceaselessly requested questions and solutions, and assets particularly designed for fogeys and guardians of this age group.