Governor Hochul provides Saturday coronavirus update | WIVT

Linda Rider

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

“We’ve worked hard and already hit a milestone of eighty-five percent of adult New Yorkers with at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and we need to keep it up to get that number even higher,” Governor Hochul said. “Every day the people of this great state show that they know what to do to keep themselves and their loved ones safe and healthy. Getting the vaccine is free, easy, and effective. If you haven’t already, get yours today.”

Saturday’s data is summarized briefly below:

  • Test Results Reported – 208,561
  • Total Positive – 4,338
  • Percent Positive – 2.08{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c}
  • 7-Day Average Percent Positive – 2.15{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c}
  • Patient Hospitalization – 2,048 (-18)
  • Patients Newly Admitted – 239
  • Patients in ICU – 461 (+1)
  • Patients in ICU with Intubation – 250 (+3)
  • Total Discharges – 206,570 (+233)
  • New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS – 37
  • Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS – 45,316
  • Total deaths reported to and compiled by the CDC – 57,617
  • Total vaccine doses administered – 26,587,435
  • Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours – 59,830
  • Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days – 365,588
  • Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose – 83.5{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c}
  • Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series – 75.9{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c}
  • Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) – 86.6{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c}
  • Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series (CDC) – 77.9{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c}
  • Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose – 70.8{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c}
  • Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series – 64.2{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c}
  • Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) – 73.4{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c}
  • Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) – 66.0{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c}

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

Region Wednesday, October 20, 2021 Thursday, October 21, 2021 Friday, October 22, 2021
Capital Region 3.75{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} 3.66{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} 3.62{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c}
Central New York 5.18{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} 4.80{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} 4.27{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c}
Finger Lakes 4.62{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} 4.59{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} 4.61{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c}
Long Island 2.46{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} 2.34{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} 2.23{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c}
Mid-Hudson 2.07{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} 2.02{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} 1.93{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c}
Mohawk Valley 4.74{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} 4.42{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} 4.10{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c}
New York City 1.15{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} 1.10{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} 1.07{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c}
North Country 5.82{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} 5.57{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} 5.20{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c}
Southern Tier 3.39{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} 3.33{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} 3.22{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c}
Western New York 4.96{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} 4.60{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} 4.57{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c}
Statewide 2.30{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} 2.20{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} 2.15{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c}

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 Wednesday, October 20, 2021 Thursday, October 21, 2021 Friday, October 22, 2021
Bronx 0.97{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} 0.96{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} 0.92{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c}
Kings 1.40{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} 1.38{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} 1.34{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c}
New York 0.82{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} 0.75{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} 0.71{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c}
Queens 1.10{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} 1.05{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} 1.05{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c}
Richmond 1.73{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} 1.59{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} 1.53{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c}

On Friday, 4,338 New Yorkers tested positive for COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 2,507,829. A geographic breakdown is as follows:  

County Total Positive New Positive
Albany 31,020 105
Allegany 4,661 20
Broome 24,657 105
Cattaraugus 7,817 65
Cayuga 8,702 28
Chautauqua 12,500 51
Chemung 11,021 55
Chenango 4,715 9
Clinton 6,787 37
Columbia 5,037 12
Cortland 5,380 23
Delaware 3,585 11
Dutchess 35,740 69
Erie 106,959 381
Essex 2,347 20
Franklin 4,328 28
Fulton 6,412 47
Genesee 7,082 44
Greene 4,410 9
Hamilton 439 1
Herkimer 6,861 30
Jefferson 8,983 59
Lewis 3,636 15
Livingston 5,780 25
Madison 6,251 31
Monroe 84,784 252
Montgomery 6,022 29
Nassau 214,772 202
Niagara 24,170 94
NYC 1,092,348 874
Oneida 28,822 102
Onondaga 52,355 189
Ontario 9,423 45
Orange 57,712 92
Orleans 4,384 29
Oswego 11,764 56
Otsego 4,606 14
Putnam 12,529 20
Rensselaer 14,902 63
Rockland 53,233 55
Saratoga 20,424 82
Schenectady 16,876 97
Schoharie 2,322 21
Schuyler 1,546 2
Seneca 2,757 11
St. Lawrence 10,664 66
Steuben 10,245 60
Suffolk 240,189 312
Sullivan 8,511 13
Tioga 5,162 32
Tompkins 6,549 23
Ulster 17,327 27
Warren 5,542 41
Washington 4,667 26
Wayne 8,251 49
Westchester 143,776 59
Wyoming 4,418 11
Yates 1,667 10

On Friday, 37 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19, bringing the total to 45,316. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:  

County New Deaths
Allegany 1
Bronx 1
Broome 1
Cattaraugus 1
Chenango 2
Erie 3
Franklin 1
Greene 1
Kings 2
Monroe 1
Montgomery 1
Nassau 3
Niagara 1
Onondaga 3
Orange 1
Orleans 1
Oswego 2
Queens 3
Rensselaer 2
Richmond 1
Saratoga 1
Schenectady 1
Suffolk 2
Westchester 1

On Friday, 13,053 New Yorkers received their first vaccine dose, and 17,673 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 761,567 472
Central New York 593,052 338
Finger Lakes 774,751 585
Long Island 1,921,217 927
Mid-Hudson 1,487,093 803
Mohawk Valley 297,807 207
New York City 6,847,634 8,405
North Country 276,115 203
Southern Tier 396,278 348
Western New York 851,113 765
Statewide 14,206,627 13,053

People with complete vaccine series:

Region Cumulative
Total
Increase over past 24 hours
Capital Region 701,442 495
Central New York 551,794 405
Finger Lakes 723,630 603
Long Island 1,716,272 2,048
Mid-Hudson 1,325,354 1,309
Mohawk Valley 276,718 279
New York City 6,132,311 10,828
North Country 250,634 200
Southern Tier 367,091 384
Western New York 783,992 1,122
Statewide 12,829,238 17,673
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