New York COVID update for March 12

NEW YORK (NEWS10) — As of Saturday, March 12, COVID-19 daily 7-day average is 1.39%, the newest low since July 20, and under 2% for two consecutive weeks. Health Officials said the total number of positive cases as of Saturday is 1,799 statewide.

Health Officials said, statewide there have been 18 COVID-19 deaths reported since Friday. The total number of deaths reported through the Health Electronic Response Data System (HERDS) since the onset of the pandemic is now 54,938. The total number of COVID-19 hospitalizations statewide as of Friday is at 1,165, a decrease by 80.

HERDS is a New York State Department of Health data source that collects and confirmed daily deaths data as reported by hospitals, nursing homes, and adult care facilities. According to HERD, the total number of deaths reported by healthcare facilities is 69,689, in addition to the total number of deaths reported to and complied by the CDC statewide.

Today’s data is summarized briefly below:

Total vaccine doses administered – 37,211,448
Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours – 13,966
Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days – 102,459
Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose – 91.8%
Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series – 83.2%
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) – 85.8%
Percent of New Yorkers ages 12-17 with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) – 82.1%
Percent of New Yorkers ages 12-17 with completed vaccine series (CDC) – 72.0%
Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose – 81.3%
Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series – 73.5%
Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) – 89.2%
Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) – 75.8%

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

REGION	Wednesday, March 9, 2022	Thursday, March 10, 2022	Friday, March 11, 2022
Capital Region	9.84	9.81	9.61
Central New York	17.96	19.45	18.37
Finger Lakes	6.09	6.67	6.35
Long Island	6.38	6.50	6.48
Mid-Hudson	8.99	9.12	8.24
Mohawk Valley	9.45	10.45	11.04
New York City	8.16	8.11	7.25
North Country	16.13	15.68	15.17
Southern Tier	13.50	13.52	13.16
Western New York	7.12	6.71	6.58
Statewide	8.66	8.75	8.18

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

Region	Wednesday, March 9, 2022	Thursday, March 10, 2022	Friday, March 11, 2022
Capital Region	2.51%	2.44%	2.39%
Central New York	4.32%	4.36%	4.32%
Finger Lakes	1.92%	2.02%	1.94%
Long Island	1.52%	1.53%	1.53%
Mid-Hudson	1.60%	1.56%	1.54%
Mohawk Valley	2.18%	2.18%	2.30%
New York City	1.02%	1.00%	0.92%
North Country	3.38%	3.14%	3.14%
Southern Tier	2.34%	2.37%	2.28%
Western New York	1.98%	1.86%	1.83%
Statewide	1.45%	1.44%	1.39%

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, March 9, 2022	Thursday, March 10, 2022	Friday, March 11, 2022
Bronx	0.75%	0.72%	0.48%
Kings	0.93%	0.95%	0.92%
New York	1.37%	1.35%	1.31%
Queens	0.89%	0.84%	0.76%
Richmond	1.21%	1.13%	1.00%

As of Friday, March 12, 1,799 New Yorkers tested positive for COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 4,924,012. A geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	58,269	22
Allegany	8,851	4
Broome	44,636	19
Cattaraugus	15,281	9
Cayuga	15,739	10
Chautauqua	23,410	2
Chemung	21,095	10
Chenango	9,191	4
Clinton	16,467	7
Columbia	9,935	8
Cortland	10,353	7
Delaware	7,595	3
Dutchess	63,417	26
Erie	206,530	60
Essex	5,500	6
Franklin	9,228	17
Fulton	12,361	9
Genesee	13,559	1
Greene	8,478	0
Hamilton	846	2
Herkimer	13,596	5
Jefferson	19,741	16
Lewis	6,113	1
Livingston	11,521	10
Madison	12,787	4
Monroe	149,800	38
Montgomery	11,731	10
Nassau	399,571	104
Niagara	47,403	14
NYC	2,280,225	795
Oneida	52,458	32
Onondaga	108,353	81
Ontario	19,605	7
Orange	105,716	23
Orleans	8,543	1
Oswego	25,259	20
Otsego	9,723	16
Putnam	23,374	5
Rensselaer	31,026	18
Rockland	91,442	27
Saratoga	45,444	29
Schenectady	32,508	22
Schoharie	4,931	4
Schuyler	3,401	2
Seneca	5,801	4
St. Lawrence	20,716	17
Steuben	19,648	6
Suffolk	423,673	93
Sullivan	18,249	9
Tioga	10,561	9
Tompkins	17,730	26
Ulster	31,028	15
Warren	13,373	4
Washington	11,925	8
Wayne	16,989	7
Westchester	247,738	91
Wyoming	8,240	0
Yates	3,329	0

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	74	46	62.2%	28	37.8%
Central New York	44	28	63.6%	16	36.4%
Finger Lakes	173	63	36.4%	110	63.6%
Long Island	171	73	42.7%	98	57.3%
Mid-Hudson	93	35	37.6%	58	62.4%
Mohawk Valley	31	19	61.3%	12	38.7%
New York City	398	137	34.4%	261	65.6%
North Country	42	17	40.5%	25	59.5%
Southern Tier	50	22	44.0%	28	56.0%
Western New York	89	43	48.3%	46	51.7%
Statewide	1,165	483	41.5%	682	58.5%

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

As of Friday, March 12, 18 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19, bringing the total to 54,938. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence: