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

“We are below 10% positivity rate for the second day in a row. This is extraordinary progress,”  Governor  Hochul said. “As we continue to see numbers trend downward, let’s also continue to do the right thing. Wash your hands, get the vaccine if you haven’t already, get the booster dose, and wear a mask. We will continue to see this downward trend in other parts of the state soon.”

Saturday’s data is summarized briefly below: 

• Test Results Reported – 299,580
• Total Positive – 27,643
• Percent Positive – 9.23%
• 7-Day Average Percent Positive – 11.36%   
• Patient Hospitalization – 10,477 (-539)   
• Patients Newly Admitted – 1,264
• Patients in ICU – 1,504 (-44)   
• Patients in ICU with Intubation – 884 (+4)   
• Total Discharges – 262,654 (1,581)   
• New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS – 179
• Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS – 51,716
• Total deaths reported to and compiled by the CDC – 64,120  
• Total vaccine doses administered – 35,409,903
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours – 80,188
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days – 496,685
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose – 90.6%   
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series – 81.6%   
• 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) – 84.1%   
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose – 79.7%   
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series – 71.3%   
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) – 86.8%   
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) – 73.5%   

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

Region	Wednesday, January 19, 2022	Thursday, January 20, 2022	Friday, January 20, 2022
Capital Region	169.65	154.52	144.12
Central New York	199.16	193.19	178.55
Finger Lakes	137.47	126.46	119.99
Long Island	160.48	145.64	125.54
Mid-Hudson	177.31	156.06	136.89
Mohawk Valley	159.14	151.72	147.74
New York City	208.39	192.80	176.42
North Country	152.41	151.15	145.49
Southern Tier	149.05	140.52	135.70
Western New York	168.22	146.56	137.87
Statewide	183.67	168.51	153.73

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

REGION	Wednesday, January 19, 2022	Thursday, January 20, 2022	Friday, January 20, 2022
Capital Region	16.23%	15.04%	14.06%
Central New York	19.32%	18.62%	17.72%
Finger Lakes	17.15%	16.03%	15.44%
Long Island	15.51%	14.41%	13.19%
Mid-Hudson	13.26%	12.43%	11.70%
Mohawk Valley	15.00%	14.32%	13.30%
New York City	11.52%	10.49%	9.60%
North Country	16.29%	16.72%	16.46%
Southern Tier	12.93%	12.64%	11.87%
Western New York	18.95%	17.65%	16.90%
Statewide	13.30%	12.27%	11.36%

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

BOROUGH	Wednesday, January 19, 2022	Thursday, January 20, 2022	Friday, January 20, 2022
Bronx	12.35%	10.92%	9.63%
Kings	10.73%	9.81%	9.07%
New York	9.56%	8.82%	8.34%
Queens	13.56%	12.39%	11.32%
Richmond	12.14%	11.39%	10.41%

Yesterday, 27,643 New Yorkers tested positive for COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 4,666,373. A geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	53,772	417
Allegany	8,006	65
Broome	41,057	310
Cattaraugus	13,794	108
Cayuga	14,399	96
Chautauqua	21,516	171
Chemung	19,320	183
Chenango	8,241	85
Clinton	13,733	163
Columbia	9,028	57
Cortland	9,331	71
Delaware	6,887	44
Dutchess	59,798	334
Erie	193,127	1,177
Essex	4,821	64
Franklin	7,985	69
Fulton	11,101	111
Genesee	12,691	102
Greene	7,849	56
Hamilton	769	3
Herkimer	12,434	81
Jefferson	17,446	210
Lewis	5,658	39
Livingston	10,566	99
Madison	11,445	134
Monroe	141,338	888
Montgomery	10,595	109
Nassau	384,123	1,303
Niagara	44,279	303
NYC	2,184,847	13,422
Oneida	48,327	392
Onondaga	97,726	1,006
Ontario	17,784	147
Orange	100,607	499
Orleans	7,963	67
Oswego	22,169	206
Otsego	8,671	88
Putnam	22,308	100
Rensselaer	28,200	244
Rockland	87,911	359
Saratoga	41,310	331
Schenectady	29,930	253
Schoharie	4,435	42
Schuyler	3,078	15
Seneca	5,138	60
St. Lawrence	18,163	150
Steuben	17,621	164
Suffolk	407,837	1,420
Sullivan	17,033	132
Tioga	9,541	82
Tompkins	15,408	93
Ulster	28,662	195
Warren	12,071	129
Washington	10,757	108
Wayne	15,431	165
Westchester	237,634	827
Wyoming	7,717	66
Yates	2,985	29

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	410	286	69.8%	124	30.2%
Central New York	304	222	73.0%	82	27.0%
Finger Lakes	747	403	53.9%	344	46.1%
Long Island	1,754	1,015	57.9%	739	42.1%
Mid-Hudson	1,089	665	61.1%	424	38.9%
Mohawk Valley	159	105	66.0%	54	34.0%
New York City	5,060	2,601	51.4%	2,459	48.6%
North Country	104	52	50.0%	52	50.0%
Southern Tier	221	127	57.5%	94	42.5%
Western New York	629	386	61.4%	243	38.6%
Statewide	10,477	5,862	56.0%	4,615	44.0%

Yesterday, 179 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19, bringing the total to 51,716. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:

County	New Deaths
Albany	1
Bronx	16
Cattaraugus	1
Chemung	1
Cortland	4
Delaware	1
Dutchess	2
Erie	10
Fulton	2
Genesee	1
Herkimer	1
Jefferson	2
Kings	25
Monroe	6
Montgomery	1
Nassau	9
New York	18
Niagara	3
Oneida	3
Onondaga	5
Ontario	1
Orange	1
Oswego	1
Otsego	1
Putnam	1
Queens	29
Rensselaer	1
Richmond	2
Rockland	1
Saratoga	2
Schenectady	1
Steuben	1
Suffolk	10
Sullivan	2
Washington	1
Wayne	1
Westchester	10
Wyoming	1

Yesterday, 16,061 New Yorkers received their first vaccine dose, and 30,428 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	Cumulative Total	Increase over past 24 hours
Capital Region	954,755	829	869,120	674
Central New York	637,886	448	588,066	319
Finger Lakes	852,133	668	785,411	525
Long Island	2,140,622	2,712	1,883,593	2,105
Mid-Hudson	1,672,786	1,685	1,455,797	1,274
Mohawk Valley	321,261	228	296,884	189
New York City	7,843,367	7,994	6,870,570	24,212
North Country	298,766	182	269,136	178
Southern Tier	434,052	393	395,460	211
Western New York	941,727	922	858,972	741
Statewide	16,097,355	16,061	14,273,009	30,428

People with the complete vaccine series:

Region	Cumulative Total	Increase over past 24 hours	Cumulative Total	Increase over past 24 hours
Capital Region	954,755	829	869,120	674
Central New York	637,886	448	588,066	319
Finger Lakes	852,133	668	785,411	525
Long Island	2,140,622	2,712	1,883,593	2,105
Mid-Hudson	1,672,786	1,685	1,455,797	1,274
Mohawk Valley	321,261	228	296,884	189
New York City	7,843,367	7,994	6,870,570	24,212
North Country	298,766	182	269,136	178
Southern Tier	434,052	393	395,460	211
Western New York	941,727	922	858,972	741
Statewide	16,097,355	16,061	14,273,009	30,428

Booster/Additional Shots:

Region	Cumulative Total	Increase over past 24 hours	Increase over past 7  days
Capital Region	417,761	3,031	15,191
Central New York	270,695	2,532	13,664
Finger Lakes	427,675	3,367	17,650
Long Island	843,834	8,464	50,192
Mid-Hudson	673,760	5,694	33,557
Mohawk Valley	145,102	1,132	6,187
New York City	2,076,179	15,608	107,284
North Country	126,658	889	5,783
Southern Tier	196,348	1,561	8,550
Western New York	465,681	3,492	17,420
Statewide	5,643,693	45,770	275,478