New York COVID update Thursday, July 21

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — As of Thursday, July 21, the COVID-19 daily average is 8.97%, according to officials. Health officials said the total number of positive cases is 8,096 statewide.

The total number of COVID-19 hospitalizations statewide as of Wednesday is 2,654, an increase of 16. Health officials said, statewide, there have been 24 deaths reported.

According to the Health Electronic Response Data System (HERDS), the total number of deaths reported since the onset of the pandemic is now 56,878. HERDS reported that the total number of deaths by healthcare facilities is 72,556 in addition to the total number of deaths reported to and compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention statewide.

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

Thursday’s data is below:

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

REGION	Monday, July 18, 2022	Tuesday, July 19, 2022	Wednesday, July 20, 2022
Capital Region	20.42	20.90	22.31
Central New York	15.75	15.55	16.14
Finger Lakes	12.68	12.72	13.03
Long Island	41.31	43.85	43.64
Mid-Hudson	29.75	32.15	31.84
Mohawk Valley	14.69	14.66	14.69
New York City	49.07	51.84	49.86
North Country	15.99	16.03	15.31
Southern Tier	14.40	14.83	15.12
Western New York	15.38	16.16	15.59
Statewide	35.43	37.36	36.52

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

Region	Monday, July 18, 2022	Tuesday, July 19, 2022	Wednesday, July 20, 2022
Capital Region	9.46%	9.76%	10.29%
Central New York	7.02%	7.18%	7.62%
Finger Lakes	6.87%	6.87%	7.03%
Long Island	10.07%	10.35%	10.54%
Mid-Hudson	9.19%	9.38%	9.62%
Mohawk Valley	8.50%	8.56%	8.73%
New York City	8.82%	9.02%	8.98%
North Country	8.70%	9.03%	9.09%
Southern Tier	6.64%	6.85%	6.80%
Western New York	10.39%	10.90%	10.46%
Statewide	8.93%	9.15%	9.19%

** 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	Monday, July 18, 2022	Tuesday, July 19, 2022	Wednesday, July 20, 2022
Bronx	8.84%	8.94%	8.96%
Kings	8.48%	8.80%	8.64%
New York	7.73%	7.80%	7.86%
Queens	10.33%	10.58%	10.52%
Richmond	8.68%	8.76%	8.74%

As of Thursday, July 20, 8,096 New Yorkers tested positive for COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 5,706,513. A geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	68,752	126
Allegany	9,704	5
Broome	51,526	30
Cattaraugus	17,031	8
Cayuga	18,013	13
Chautauqua	26,157	18
Chemung	23,628	11
Chenango	10,365	5
Clinton	19,483	19
Columbia	11,771	21
Cortland	11,777	10
Delaware	8,889	7
Dutchess	72,741	104
Erie	240,473	165
Essex	6,662	11
Franklin	10,614	13
Fulton	14,253	9
Genesee	14,984	7
Greene	9,665	14
Hamilton	968	–
Herkimer	15,501	8
Jefferson	22,818	16
Lewis	6,632	–
Livingston	12,897	14
Madison	14,896	10
Monroe	172,080	118
Montgomery	13,227	17
Nassau	468,799	753
Niagara	53,813	31
NYC	2,646,787	4,445
Oneida	61,050	28
Onondaga	126,888	116
Ontario	22,828	26
Orange	119,577	165
Orleans	9,502	5
Oswego	29,943	21
Otsego	11,547	9
Putnam	27,087	36
Rensselaer	36,651	59
Rockland	103,184	112
Saratoga	53,927	63
Schenectady	38,349	79
Schoharie	5,691	3
Schuyler	3,917	4
Seneca	6,680	15
St. Lawrence	23,421	20
Steuben	22,412	22
Suffolk	484,147	736
Sullivan	20,774	24
Tioga	12,293	7
Tompkins	23,078	33
Ulster	36,693	64
Warren	16,134	21
Washington	13,758	10
Wayne	19,353	17
Westchester	289,786	386
Wyoming	9,048	5
Yates	3,889	2

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	98	65	66.3%	33	33.7%
Central New York	48	23	47.9%	25	52.1%
Finger Lakes	186	57	30.6%	129	69.4%
Long Island	504	227	45.0%	277	55.0%
Mid-Hudson	305	126	41.3%	179	58.7%
Mohawk Valley	31	16	51.6%	15	48.4%
New York City	1,293	542	41.9%	751	58.1%
North Country	42	26	61.9%	16	38.1%
Southern Tier	63	29	46.0%	34	54.0%
Western New York	84	36	42.9%	48	57.1%
Statewide	2,654	1,147	43.2%	1,507	56.8%

As of Thursday, July 20, 24 total new deaths were reported due to COVID-19, bringing the total to 56,878. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence: