ALBANY, N.Y. — New York State on Friday reported 1,830 new cases of COVID-19 in the last day, the highest daily total since the middle of May.
COVID infections have been gradually rising in the Empire State since late June, when cases bottomed out at under 300 per day. However, New York’s increases, coming amid the spread of the delta variant, have not been as sharp as other states with lower vaccination rates. And thus far, the rise in COVID cases has not translated into a matching increase in hospitalizations and deaths.
New York currently has just under 500 people hospitalized with the illness, up from less than 350 in early July. The state reported just one death in the last day and the 7-day average is three deaths per day.
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Nearly three out of four New York adults have received at least one dose of a COVID vaccine and two out of three have been fully vaccinated.
Here’s the full breakdown of the state’s latest virus statistics:
- Test Results Reported – 102,866
- Total Positive – 1,830
- Percent Positive – 1.78%
- 7-Day Average Percent Positive – 1.58%
- Patient Hospitalization – 492 (+9)
- Patients Newly Admitted – 90
- Patients in ICU – 109 (+4)
- Patients in ICU with Intubation – 36 (+2)
- Total Discharges – 186,141 (+66)
- Deaths – 1
- Total Deaths – 43,043
- Total vaccine doses administered – 21,951,671
- Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours – 40,582
- Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days – 230,997
- Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) – 74.3%
- Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series (CDC) – 67.7%
- Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) – 62.0%
- Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) – 56.3%
Locally, the 7-day average positivity rates for COVID tests reported Friday are as follows: Central New York (1.25%), Mohawk Valley (1.11%), North Country (1.14%), and Southern Tier (0.95%).
