New York COVID update for Friday, May 20

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – As of Friday, May 20, COVID-19 daily 7-day average is 8.66%. Health Officials said the total number of positive cases as of Friday is 10, 458 statewide.

Health Officials said, statewide there have been 23 COVID-19-related deaths reported. The total number of COVID-19 hospitalizations statewide as of Friday is 2,638, a decrease of 20. The total number of deaths reported through the Health Electronic Response Data System (HERDS) since the onset of the pandemic is now 55,877.

HERDS is a New York State Department of Health data source that collects and confirms daily death data as reported by hospitals, nursing homes, and adult care facilities. According to HERD, the total number of deaths reported by healthcare facilities is 71,321, in addition to the total number of deaths reported to and complied by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) statewide.

Friday’s data is summarized briefly below:

Total vaccine doses administered – 38,761,757
Total vaccine doses administered over the past 24 hours – 25,698
Total vaccine doses administered over the past 7 days – 146,198
Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose – 92.6%
Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series – 83.9%
Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) – 95.0%
Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series (CDC) – 87.2%
Percent of New Yorkers ages 12-17 with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) – 83.4%
Percent of New Yorkers ages 12-17 with completed vaccine series (CDC) – 73.4%
Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose – 82.1%
Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series – 74.3%
Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) – 90.4%
Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) – 77.2%

Each region’s 7-day average of cases per 100K population is as follows:

REGION	Tuesday, May 17, 2022	Wednesday, May 18, 2022	Thursday, May 19, 2022
Capital Region	56.62	56.58	55.54
Central New York	31.50	30.47	28.44
Finger Lakes	39.81	37.07	35.21
Long Island	63.02	61.90	62.74
Mid-Hudson	52.73	52.23	50.49
Mohawk Valley	39.62	39.45	38.94
New York City	48.72	46.57	46.35
North Country	37.54	36.48	34.98
Southern Tier	48.05	46.85	45.49
Western New York	58.22	54.64	51.37
Statewide	50.67	48.99	48.24

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

Region	Tuesday, May 17, 2022	Wednesday, May 18, 2022	Thursday, May 19, 2022
Capital Region	12.39%	12.58%	12.86%
Central New York	8.84%	8.51%	7.92%
Finger Lakes	12.80%	12.37%	12.11%
Long Island	10.73%	10.64%	11.15%
Mid-Hudson	9.57%	9.61%	9.91%
Mohawk Valley	9.38%	9.82%	10.18%
New York City	5.19%	5.35%	6.50%
North Country	9.13%	9.12%	9.08%
Southern Tier	10.32%	10.37%	10.07%
Western New York	17.65%	17.31%	16.87%
Statewide	7.57%	7.74%	8.66%

** Due to the test reporting policy change by the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and several other factors, the most reliable metric to measure virus impact on a community is the case per 100,000 data — not percent positivity.

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	Tuesday, May 17, 2022	Wednesday, May 18, 2022	Thursday, May 19, 2022
Bronx	3.73%	3.97%	4.30%
Kings	5.07%	5.33%	6.85%
New York	6.02%	6.12%	6.83%
Queens	5.15%	5.26%	6.84%
Richmond	6.71%	6.51%	7.74%

As of Thursday, May 19, 10,458 New Yorkers tested positive for COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 5,329,191. A geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	64,794	192
Allegany	9,399	20
Broome	49,756	94
Cattaraugus	16,377	32
Cayuga	17,540	25
Chautauqua	25,042	63
Chemung	22,875	26
Chenango	9,998	19
Clinton	18,350	33
Columbia	11,042	30
Cortland	11,464	15
Delaware	8,413	13
Dutchess	68,141	193
Erie	231,233	474
Essex	6,227	11
Franklin	10,187	22
Fulton	13,617	32
Genesee	14,596	17
Greene	9,240	14
Hamilton	926	2
Herkimer	14,974	16
Jefferson	21,788	42
Lewis	6,496	16
Livingston	12,483	18
Madison	14,473	18
Monroe	165,839	304
Montgomery	12,661	36
Nassau	432,920	1,153
Niagara	51,982	89
NYC	2,438,642	4,241
Oneida	59,065	91
Onondaga	122,895	130
Ontario	21,869	38
Orange	112,784	221
Orleans	9,229	8
Oswego	29,108	26
Otsego	10,885	22
Putnam	25,299	44
Rensselaer	34,483	95
Rockland	97,345	157
Saratoga	50,954	140
Schenectady	36,162	119
Schoharie	5,438	14
Schuyler	3,778	4
Seneca	6,461	8
St. Lawrence	22,678	35
Steuben	21,535	44
Suffolk	451,760	1,039
Sullivan	19,559	56
Tioga	11,869	14
Tompkins	21,606	68
Ulster	34,457	65
Warren	15,122	56
Washington	13,130	25
Wayne	18,700	33
Westchester	268,979	625
Wyoming	8,803	14
Yates	3,763	7

Below is data that shows how many hospitalized individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19 were admitted for COVID-19/COVID-19 complications and how many were admitted for non-COVID-19 conditions:

Region	COVID-19 Patients currently hospitalized	Admitted due to COVID or complications of COVID	% Admitted due to COVID or complications of COVID	Admitted where COVID was not included as one of the reasons for admission	% Admitted where COVID was not included as one of the reasons for admission
Capital Region	211	129	61.1%	82	38.9%
Central New York	104	58	55.8%	46	44.2%
Finger Lakes	378	139	36.8%	239	63.2%
Long Island	460	220	47.8%	240	52.2%
Mid-Hudson	241	123	51.0%	118	49.0%
Mohawk Valley	61	35	57.4%	26	42.6%
New York City	781	315	40.3%	466	59.7%
North Country	57	33	57.9%	24	42.1%
Southern Tier	115	41	35.7%	74	64.3%
Western New York	230	105	45.7%	125	54.3%
Statewide	2,638	1,198	45.4%	1,440	54.6%

The Omicron variant now represents more than 95% of the viruses in circulation. For more information on variant tracking, please visit this website: COVID-19 Variant Data | Department of Health (ny.gov).

As of Thursday, May 19, 23 total new deaths were reported due to COVID-19, bringing the total to 55,877. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence: