New York COVID update for March 20

(NEWS10) — As of Sunday, March 20, COVID-19 daily 7-day average is 1.87%, with a daily positivity rate below 2%. Health Officials said the total number of positive cases as of Sunday is 2,013 statewide.

The total number of COVID-19 hospitalizations statewide as of Saturday is 900, a decrease of 25. Health Officials reported hospitalizations have fallen below 1,000 for the first time since August 2.

Health Officials said, statewide there have been 12 COVID-19 deaths reported since Saturday. The total number of deaths reported through the Health Electronic Response Data System (HERDS) since the onset of the pandemic is now 55,042

HERDS is a New York State Department of Health data source that collects and confirms 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 69,958, in addition to the total number of deaths reported to and complied by the CDC statewide

Sunday’s data is summarized briefly below:

Total vaccine doses administered – 37,314,121
Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours – 13,250
Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days – 91,430
Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose – 91.9%
Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series – 83.3%
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) – 85.9%
Percent of New Yorkers ages 12-17 with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) – 82.2%
Percent of New Yorkers ages 12-17 with completed vaccine series (CDC) – 72.2%
Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose – 81.4%
Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series – 73.6%
Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) – 89.3%
Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) – 75.9%

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

REGION	Thursday, March 17, 2022	Friday, March 18, 2022	Saturday, March 19, 2022
Capital Region	7.83	9.59	7.83
Central New York	19.47	37.01	19.47
Finger Lakes	4.57	7.40	4.57
Long Island	7.50	11.45	7.50
Mid-Hudson	16.32	18.17	16.32
Mohawk Valley	7.62	9.48	7.62
New York City	10.47	12.39	10.47
North Country	14.08	24.35	14.08
Southern Tier	9.16	15.01	9.16
Western New York	7.02	9.48	7.02
Statewide	10.30	13.52	10.30

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

Region	Thursday, March 17, 2022	Friday, March 18, 2022	Saturday, March 19, 2022
Capital Region	2.47%	2.52%	2.59%
Central New York	5.65%	6.08%	6.21%
Finger Lakes	2.19%	2.25%	2.20%
Long Island	1.78%	1.88%	1.89%
Mid-Hudson	1.94%	2.18%	2.36%
Mohawk Valley	3.02%	2.92%	2.99%
New York City	1.33%	1.39%	1.41%
North Country	3.54%	3.72%	3.68%
Southern Tier	2.23%	2.41%	2.38%
Western New York	1.85%	1.85%	1.82%
Statewide	1.76%	1.85%	1.87%

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	Thursday, March 17, 2022	Friday, March 18, 2022	Saturday, March 19, 2022
Bronx	0.76%	0.81%	0.83%
Kings	1.37%	1.41%	1.38%
New York	1.81%	1.95%	2.03%
Queens	1.14%	1.14%	1.17%
Richmond	1.09%	1.12%	1.11%

As of Saturday, March 19, 2,013 New Yorkers tested positive for COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 4,940,576. A geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	58,466	24
Allegany	8,877	1
Broome	44,771	13
Cattaraugus	15,339	4
Cayuga	15,876	5
Chautauqua	23,454	3
Chemung	21,153	8
Chenango	9,222	3
Clinton	16,552	6
Columbia	9,972	3
Cortland	10,418	6
Delaware	7,622	2
Dutchess	63,577	19
Erie	207,109	61
Essex	5,563	6
Franklin	9,343	11
Fulton	12,453	4
Genesee	13,588	–
Greene	8,517	5
Hamilton	856	2
Herkimer	13,651	8
Jefferson	19,851	13
Lewis	6,123	3
Livingston	11,555	3
Madison	12,871	4
Monroe	150,213	39
Montgomery	11,773	6
Nassau	400,564	117
Niagara	47,534	28
NYC	2,287,451	879
Oneida	52,645	17
Onondaga	109,547	126
Ontario	19,691	8
Orange	105,916	27
Orleans	8,554	1
Oswego	25,447	10
Otsego	9,762	2
Putnam	23,436	2
Rensselaer	31,115	22
Rockland	91,700	29
Saratoga	45,648	19
Schenectady	32,610	3
Schoharie	4,952	–
Schuyler	3,414	4
Seneca	5,835	1
St. Lawrence	20,895	18
Steuben	19,730	4
Suffolk	424,453	96
Sullivan	18,285	2
Tioga	10,610	8
Tompkins	17,939	16
Ulster	31,340	198
Warren	13,424	6
Washington	11,971	3
Wayne	17,048	2
Westchester	248,706	102
Wyoming	8,253	1
Yates	3,336	–

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:

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	63	39	61.9%	24	38.1%
Central New York	45	26	57.8%	19	42.2%
Finger Lakes	134	42	31.3%	92	68.7%
Long Island	142	62	43.7%	80	56.3%
Mid-Hudson	66	28	42.4%	38	57.6%
Mohawk Valley	21	11	52.4%	10	47.6%
New York City	291	108	37.1%	183	62.9%
North Country	38	14	36.8%	24	63.2%
Southern Tier	36	17	47.2%	19	52.8%
Western New York	64	31	48.4%	33	51.6%
Statewide	900	378	42.0%	522	58.0%

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 Saturday, March 19, 12 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19, bringing the total to 55,042. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence: