New York State COVID-19 update on Sunday, January 9

NEW YORK (WWTI/NEWS10) — Governor Kathy Hochul updated New Yorkers on the state’s progress combating COVID-19 on Sunday. Officials continue to urge New Yorkers to utilize the tools we have by getting vaccinated, getting their booster, wearing a mask, and washing their hands.

“We are not defenseless against this winter surge,” Governor Hochul said. “We have the tools to bring down the numbers and we need everyone to do their part. Please get your second dose and booster if eligible, get your children vaccinated if you haven’t already, wear your mask, and stay home if you’re feeling unwell.”

Sunday’s data is summarized briefly below:

Test Results Reported – 401,466
Total Positive – 79,777
Percent Positive – 19.87%
7-Day Average Percent Positive – 21.71%
Patient Hospitalization – 11,747 (-96)
Patients Newly Admitted – 1,768
Patients in ICU – 1,519 (+36)
Patients in ICU with Intubation – 765 (45)
Total Discharges – 243,451 (+1,722)
- New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS – 138
- Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS – 49,485

The Health Electronic Response Data System is an NYS DOH data source that collects confirmed daily death data as reported by hospitals, nursing homes, and adult care facilities only.

Total deaths reported to and compiled by the CDC – 61,859

This daily COVID-19 provisional death certificate data reported by NYS DOH and NYC to the CDC includes those who died in any location, including hospitals, nursing homes, adult care facilities, at home, in hospice, and other settings.

Total vaccine doses administered – 34,384,727
Total vaccine doses administered over the past 24 hours – 86,927
Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days – 617,920
Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose – 89.7%
Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series – 80.9%
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) – 83.3%
Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose – 78.7%
Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series – 70.3%
Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) – 85.2%
Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) – 72.4%

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

Region	Wednesday, January 5, 2022	Thursday, January 6, 2022	Friday, January 7, 2022
Capital Region	199.43	219.87	232.57
Central New York	239.91	257.13	283.64
Finger Lakes	172.37	185.50	200.76
Long Island	411.38	406.80	414.38
Mid-Hudson	338.51	345.40	356.99
Mohawk Valley	172.65	185.95	204.38
New York City	473.86	470.23	482.12
North Country	136.39	152.04	167.52
Southern Tier	171.06	182.48	198.93
Western New York	223.67	239.91	254.10
Statewide	363.41	366.82	379.43

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

REGION	Thursday, January 6, 2022	Friday, January 7, 2022	Saturday, January 8, 2022
Capital Region	18.94%	19.81%	19.55%
Central New York	22.02%	22.26%	22.25%
Finger Lakes	20.04%	20.10%	19.94%
Long Island	26.58%	26.46%	25.95%
Mid-Hudson	23.08%	23.06%	22.83%
Mohawk Valley	17.18%	17.46%	17.52%
New York City	22.16%	21.75%	21.15%
North Country	16.07%	16.34%	16.58%
Southern Tier	15.58%	15.64%	15.57%
Western New York	21.31%	22.13%	22.56%
Statewide	22.36%	22.15%	21.71%

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

BOROUGH	Thursday, January 6, 2022	Friday, January 7, 2022	Saturday, January 8, 2022
Bronx	26.65%	25.94%	24.77%
Kings	20.69%	20.36%	19.76%
New York	17.75%	17.24%	16.58%
Queens	24.28%	24.15%	23.89%
Richmond	23.98%	23.43%	22.93%

As of Saturday, January 8, 79,777 New Yorkers tested positive for COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 4,136,604. A geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	46,933	671
Allegany	7,368	48
Broome	37,225	521
Cattaraugus	12,346	104
Cayuga	12,804	177
Chautauqua	19,262	244
Chemung	16,813	293
Chenango	7,408	95
Clinton	11,401	223
Columbia	7,856	143
Cortland	8,160	148
Delaware	6,184	104
Dutchess	53,157	942
Erie	171,021	2,491
Essex	4,230	61
Franklin	7,097	87
Fulton	9,848	109
Genesee	11,207	140
Greene	6,894	89
Hamilton	708	4
Herkimer	11,146	93
Jefferson	14,816	230
Lewis	5,127	60
Livingston	9,328	106
Madison	10,111	135
Monroe	127,632	1,705
Montgomery	9,380	156
Nassau	350,265	6,668
Niagara	39,167	550
NYC	1,913,777	42,641
Oneida	43,463	501
Onondaga	83,866	1,779
Ontario	15,707	224
Orange	89,570	1,680
Orleans	7,056	78
Oswego	19,323	275
Otsego	7,510	159
Putnam	20,016	323
Rensselaer	24,329	414
Rockland	78,478	1,129
Saratoga	35,955	655
Schenectady	25,976	520
Schoharie	3,812	76
Schuyler	2,681	51
Seneca	4,393	59
St. Lawrence	16,330	194
Steuben	15,779	157
Suffolk	373,459	6,796
Sullivan	14,756	315
Tioga	8,500	130
Tompkins	13,387	290
Ulster	25,225	408
Warren	10,523	163
Washington	9,363	122
Wayne	13,556	170
Westchester	215,425	3,938
Wyoming	6,885	99
Yates	2,610	34

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	360	272	76%	88	24%
Central New York	248	187	75%	61	25%
Finger Lakes	649	411	63%	238	37%
Long Island	2,067	1,311	63%	756	37%
Mid-Hudson	1,309	878	67%	431	33%
Mohawk Valley	133	84	63%	49	37%
New York City	6,122	3,099	51%	3,023	49%
North Country	82	61	74%	21	26%
Southern Tier	205	122	60%	83	40%
Western New York	572	406	71%	166	29%
Statewide	11,747	6,831	58%	4,916	42%

As of Saturday, January 8, 138 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19, bringing the total compiled by HERDS to 49,485. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:

County	New Deaths
Bronx	8
Broome	1
Cattaraugus	2
Cayuga	1
Columbia	1
Delaware	2
Erie	6
Franklin	1
Greene	1
Herkimer	2
Kings	20
Manhattan	12
Monroe	2
Montgomery	1
Nassau	11
Niagara	2
Onondaga	2
Ontario	1
Orange	1
Oswego	2
Putnam	2
Queens	17
Rensselaer	2
Richmond	2
Rockland	2
Saratoga	1
Schenectady	2
Suffolk	13
Sullivan	2
Warren	2
Wayne	1
Westchester	12
Wyoming	1

As of Saturday, January 8, 17,735 New Yorkers received their first vaccine dose, and 16,389 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	946,289	604
Central New York	632,631	585
Finger Lakes	843,822	1,020
Long Island	2,107,762	1,029
Mid-Hudson	1,649,306	988
Mohawk Valley	318,578	169
New York City	7,727,013	12,034
North Country	296,010	214
Southern Tier	429,655	322
Western New York	931,220	770
Statewide	15,882,286	17,735

People with complete vaccine series:

Region	Cumulative Total	Increase over past 24 hours
Capital Region	861,894	612
Central New York	584,148	398
Finger Lakes	778,459	846
Long Island	1,858,414	1,552
Mid-Hudson	1,436,881	1,418
Mohawk Valley	294,663	111
New York City	6,749,783	10,257
North Country	267,061	216
Southern Tier	392,105	160
Western New York	849,809	819
Statewide	14,073,217	16,389

Booster/Additional Shots:

Region	Cumulative Total	Increase over past 24 hours	Increase over past 7 days
Capital Region	382,155	2,666	22,552
Central New York	242,343	2,206	15,779
Finger Lakes	388,194	2,725	25,082
Long Island	741,586	5,559	55,549
Mid-Hudson	599,146	3,959	42,327
Mohawk Valley	132,167	678	7,745
New York City	1,857,436	19,589	124,846
North Country	113,074	576	7,276
Southern Tier	178,104	2,033	12,094
Western New York	426,940	2,403	23,365
Statewide	5,061,145	42,394	336,615

All New York State mass vaccination sites are open to eligible New Yorkers aged 12 years and older for walk-in vaccination on a first-come, first-serve basis, with 10 sites open to eligible New Yorkers aged 5 and older. Preference to a scheduled appointment at a state-run mass vaccination site can do so on the Am I Eligible App or by calling 1-833-NYS-4-VAX. You may also contact your local health department, pharmacy, doctor, or hospital to schedule appointments where vaccines are available or by visiting vaccines.gov to find information on vaccine appointments near you.

New Yorkers looking to schedule vaccine appointments for 5-11-year-old children are encouraged to contact their child’s pediatrician, family physician, county health departments, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), rural health centers, or pharmacies that may be administering the vaccine for this age group. Parents and guardians can visit vaccines.gov, text their ZIP code to 438829, or call 1-800-232-0233 to find nearby locations.

Make sure that the provider offers the Pfizer-BioNTechCOVID-19 vaccine, as the other COVID-19 vaccines are not yet authorized for this age group. Visit the website for parents and guardians for new information, frequently asked questions and answers, and resources specifically designed for parents and guardians of this age group.