New York COVID update Saturday, March 26

NEW YORK (NEWS10) — As of Saturday, March 26, COVID-19 daily 7-day average is 2.20%. Health Officials said the total number of positive cases as of Saturday is 3,117 statewide.

The total number of COVID-19 hospitalizations statewide as of Saturday is 845, a decrease of 24. Health Officials reported hospitalizations have fallen below 1,000 for more than a week.

Health Officials said, statewide there have been 14 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 55,089.

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 70,107, 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 - 37,390,979
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours - 14,112
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days - 90,108
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose - 92.0%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series - 83.4%
• 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) - 86.0%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 12-17 with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 82.4%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 12-17 with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 72.5%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose - 81.5%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series - 73.7%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) - 89.5% 
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) - 76.1%

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

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

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

As of Friday, March 25, 3,117 New Yorkers tested positive for COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 4,956,941. A geographic breakdown is as follows: 

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:  

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 25, 14 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19, bringing the total to 55,089. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence: