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 |