WHITE PLAINS CITIZENETREPORTER SETS RECORD VISITS FOR YEAR 7,017,658 VISITS! 2,098,003 VISITORS MADE 6 VISITS A DAY EVERY DAY. 63,330 UNIQUE VISITORS MADE 133,730 VISITS IN DECEMBER. WPCNR AVERAGED 17,284 VISITORS A WEEK, VISITING 31,270 TIMES.

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“My administration is hard at work making testing, vaccines, boosters and masks more widely available in to fight this winter surge,” Governor Hochul said. “While we are prepared to deal with whatever comes our way using the tools we know are effective, it will take a concerted effort on the part of every New Yorker to beat this pandemic and protect our loved ones. Get your vaccine if you haven’t yet and the booster if you have, mask up, exercise caution while in indoor public spaces and we’ll make it through this – together.” 

Today’s data is summarized briefly below: 

• Test Results Reported – 377,160
• Total Positive – 82,094
• Percent Positive – 21.77%
• 7-Day Average Percent Positive – 22.36%
• Patient Hospitalization – 11,548 (+364)
• Patients Newly Admitted – 2,058
• Patients in ICU – 1449 (+45)
• Patients in ICU with Intubation – 704 (+9)
• Total Discharges – 240,003 (+1,661)
• New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS – 155
• Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS – 49,185
  
  The Health Electronic Response Data System is a NYS DOH data source that collects confirmed daily death data as reported by hospitals, nursing homes and adult care facilities only. 
• Total deaths reported to and compiled by the CDC – 61,859
  
  This daily COVID-19 provisional death certificate data reported by NYS DOH and NYC to the CDC includes those who died in any location, including hospitals, nursing homes, adult care facilities, at home, in hospice and other settings. 

• Total vaccine doses administered – 34,189,723
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours – 106,978
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days – 538,240
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose – 89.6% 
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series – 80.8% 
• 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) – 83.2%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose – 78.5%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series – 70.2% 
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) – 84.9% 
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) – 72.2%

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

Region	Tuesday, January 4, 2022	Wednesday, January 5, 2022	Thursday, January 6, 2022
Capital Region	171.19	189.67	199.43
Central New York	203.56	217.66	239.91
Finger Lakes	145.10	158.94	172.37
Long Island	416.72	423.40	411.38
Mid-Hudson	327.90	334.36	338.51
Mohawk Valley	145.09	158.31	172.65
New York City	468.22	471.91	473.86
North Country	109.08	124.22	136.39
Southern Tier	142.19	157.02	171.06
Western New York	201.70	207.50	223.67
Statewide	352.06	359.36	363.41

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

Region	Tuesday, January 4, 2022	Wednesday, January 5, 2022	Thursday, January 6, 2022
Capital Region	18.04%	18.72%	18.94%
Central New York	20.42%	20.70%	22.02%
Finger Lakes	18.94%	19.44%	20.04%
Long Island	26.36%	26.76%	26.58%
Mid-Hudson	23.31%	23.10%	23.08%
Mohawk Valley	16.21%	16.89%	17.18%
New York City	22.51%	22.42%	22.16%
North Country	15.02%	15.79%	16.07%
Southern Tier	15.94%	15.70%	15.58%
Western New York	20.05%	20.68%	21.31%
Statewide	22.45%	22.48%	22.36%

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	Tuesday, January 4, 2022	Wednesday, January 5, 2022	Thursday, January 6, 2022
Bronx	27.82%	27.53%	26.65%
Kings	21.23%	20.99%	20.69%
New York	18.07%	17.85%	17.75%
Queens	24.14%	24.32%	24.28%
Richmond	24.10%	24.47%	23.98%

Yesterday, 82,094 New Yorkers tested positive for COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 3,966,695. A geographic breakdown is as follows:  

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	45,231	874
Allegany	7,268	54
Broome	36,196	577
Cattaraugus	12,076	115
Cayuga	12,434	215
Chautauqua	18,708	186
Chemung	16,251	302
Chenango	7,204	84
Clinton	10,889	249
Columbia	7,538	115
Cortland	7,836	107
Delaware	5,977	97
Dutchess	51,105	1,102
Erie	165,133	3,443
Essex	4,062	75
Franklin	6,882	92
Fulton	9,626	149
Genesee	10,896	180
Greene	6,696	115
Hamilton	692	12
Herkimer	10,893	131
Jefferson	14,355	273
Lewis	5,005	52
Livingston	9,077	145
Madison	9,815	114
Monroe	123,692	2,098
Montgomery	9,050	167
Nassau	336,980	6,110
Niagara	37,879	607
NYC	1,823,545	44,278
Oneida	42,274	559
Onondaga	80,188	2,084
Ontario	15,226	221
Orange	85,753	1,466
Orleans	6,865	75
Oswego	18,675	253
Otsego	7,161	115
Putnam	19,290	408
Rensselaer	23,354	502
Rockland	75,775	1,511
Saratoga	34,555	705
Schenectady	24,963	521
Schoharie	3,669	46
Schuyler	2,596	39
Seneca	4,254	43
St. Lawrence	15,966	176
Steuben	15,413	182
Suffolk	359,671	5,394
Sullivan	14,026	304
Tioga	8,231	135
Tompkins	12,813	282
Ulster	24,346	379
Warren	10,094	160
Washington	9,085	134
Wayne	13,186	188
Westchester	207,055	3,980
Wyoming	6,675	79
Yates	2,545	35

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	361	277	77%	84	23%
Central New York	262	210	80%	52	20%
Finger Lakes	603	401	67%	202	33%
Long Island	2,060	1,273	62%	787	38%
Mid-Hudson	1,231	793	64%	438	36%
Mohawk Valley	133	88	66%	45	34%
New York City	6,052	2,992	49%	3,060	51%
North Country	95	64	67%	31	33%
Southern Tier	214	131	61%	83	39%
Western New York	537	391	73%	146	27%
Statewide	11,548	6,620	57%	4,928	43%

Given the rate of spread of Omicron, it is more meaningful to report the percentage of Omicron variants as uploaded to the public COVID-19 sequence databases, than to report counts of individual cases. This percentage can then be related to the total positive COVID case count in the state. This process is consistent with how the New York State Department of Health has reported on all other variants online: https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/covid-19-variant-data 

Data today in the GISAID database, the largest repository of SARS-CoV-2 sequences in the world, show the Omicron variant comprised 94% of uploaded sequences from NYS between 12/24/21 and 1/6/22. This higher level than that reported yesterday, reflects the expected fluctuations in the database with uploading batches of data from sequencing laboratories. It indicates that Omicron continues to circulate at an extremely high level across the state although there may be regional differences. These cannot be measured with statistical precision due to low sample numbers in the data from the last several days, which is a result of the inherent time lag from sample collection to testing, sequencing and data upload.

It should be noted that similar data reported from the CDC, updated this week, uses a statistical model to project the variant percentages for a more recent timeframe. This projection approach partly explains the different percentage for the Omicron variant reported by CDC.

Yesterday, 155 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19, bringing the total to 49,185. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:   

Deaths by County of Residence
County	New Deaths
Albany	2
Bronx	11
Broome	1
Chemung	1
Chenango	1
Dutchess	1
Erie	8
Fulton	1
Greene	1
Herkimer	1
Kings	19
Lewis	1
Livingston	1
Manhattan	11
Monroe	6
Montgomery	1
Nassau	15
Niagara	5
Onondaga	4
Orange	6
Queens	22
Rensselaer	1
Richmond	6
Rockland	1
Saratoga	2
Schoharie	1
St. Lawrence	1
Suffolk	13
Sullivan	1
Ulster	1
Wayne	1
Westchester	8

All New York State mass vaccination sites are open to eligible New Yorkers aged 12 years and older for walk-in vaccination on a first-come, first-serve basis, with 10 sites open to eligible New Yorkers aged 5 and older. People who would prefer to schedule an appointment at a state-run mass vaccination site can do so on the Am I Eligible App or by calling 1-833-NYS-4-VAX. People may also contact their local health department, pharmacy, doctor or hospital to schedule appointments where vaccines are available, or visit vaccines.gov to find information on vaccine appointments near them.

New Yorkers looking to schedule vaccine appointments for 5-11-year-old children are encouraged to contact their child’s pediatrician, family physician, county health departments, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), rural health centers, or pharmacies that may be administering the vaccine for this age group. Parents and guardians can visit vaccines.gov, text their ZIP code to 438829, or call 1-800-232-0233 to find nearby locations. Make sure that the provider offers the Pfizer-BioNTechCOVID-19 vaccine, as the other COVID-19 vaccines are not yet authorized for this age group.

Visit our new website for parents and guardians for new information, frequently asked questions and answers, and resources specifically designed for parents and guardians of this age group. 

Yesterday, 20,560 New Yorkers received their first vaccine dose, and 16,559 completed their vaccine series. A geographic breakdown of New Yorkers who have been vaccinated by region is as follows: 

	People with at least one vaccine dose	People with complete vaccine series
Region	Cumulative Total	Increase over past 24 hours	Cumulative Total	Increase over past 24 hours
Capital Region	944,175	650	860,118	873
Central New York	631,513	439	583,209	467
Finger Lakes	841,647	718	776,548	1,068
Long Island	2,103,327	2,403	1,854,762	2,080
Mid-Hudson	1,645,930	1,999	1,433,695	1,950
Mohawk Valley	318,120	216	294,284	304
New York City	7,702,739	12,837	6,731,134	8,339
North Country	295,531	163	266,608	241
Southern Tier	428,838	340	391,512	387
Western New York	929,316	795	847,864	850
Statewide	15,841,136	20,560	14,039,734	16,559

Booster/Additional Shots
Region	Cumulative Total	Increase over past 24 hours	Increase over past 7  days
Capital Region	375,079	4,070	18,345
Central New York	237,503	2,920	12,778
Finger Lakes	380,375	4,474	19,777
Long Island	726,962	9,552	47,336
Mid-Hudson	587,978	7,686	35,883
Mohawk Valley	129,942	1,622	6,414
New York City	1,815,409	22,304	124,290
North Country	111,226	1,714	5,988
Southern Tier	173,725	1,858	8,890
Western New York	419,839	3,966	19,201
Statewide	4,958,038	60,166	298,902

The COVID-19 Vaccine Tracker Dashboard is available to update New Yorkers on the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine. The New York State Department of Health requires vaccinating facilities to report all COVID-19 vaccine administration data within 24 hours; the vaccine administration data on the dashboard is updated daily to reflect the most up-to-date metrics in the state’s vaccination effort. New York State Department of Health-reported data from NYSIIS and CIR differs slightly from federally-reported data, which is inclusive of federally-administered doses and other minor differences. Both numbers are included in the release above. 

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Paul Feiner Town Supervisor of Greenburgh issued this advisory on road conditions across Greenburgh to West of White Plains:

Roads passable, but slippery…sanitation and recycling pickup cancelled today…snow angel volunteers wanted

Snow update:

Our DPW crews have been working since 11 PM. I spoke with the police department and Commissioner of Public Works at 7 AM. Our crews have been sanding and plowing.

No incidents, no road closures. Schools in Greenburgh have been cancelled. We have 26 routes and believe that roads are passable –but with snow coming down they could be slippery. We have 142 miles of roads.

One of the challenges we face is Covid-19. Some of our highway crew members are out sick with Covid-19.  Because we are down staffing wise, we have temporarily assigned employees who work in the water, sanitation or parks department to our snow removal efforts.   We will be cancelling our sanitation and recycling pickup today.

The Library anticipates a delayed opening –hopefully by 11 AM

Our snow angels group of volunteers, now in our 31st year, helps clear driveways and paths for seniors and disabled residents. We depend on volunteers and can help more individuals with additional assistance.  If you’d like to volunteer please complete the following form:

If you would like to be part of the Snow angels, please contact greenburghsnowangels@gmail.com or fill out this quick form: https://forms.gle/GwGkun34EGQJEK8g8PAUL FEINER
Greenburgh Town Supervisor

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WPCNR THE LETTER TICKER. ByCongressman Mondaire Jones January 6, 2022:

Today, on the one year anniversary of the violent insurrection at the Capitol, Congressman Mondaire Jones (D-NY), a national leader in the fight to protect voting rights and save American democracy, released the following statement reiterating his calls for the Senate to reform the filibuster to advance democracy-saving voting rights legislation.

“A year ago today, just days after being sworn into office, I, along with so many others, nearly died in the violent insurrection at the Capitol. That unprecedented attack is a painful indication of the deep crisis facing our democracy, a crisis that continues to grow more dire by the day.

There can be no doubt that the events of January 6th were inspired by, and designed to promote, the Big Lie of mass voter fraud, which Donald Trump and the GOP have used to justify racist voter suppression laws in states across the country. It was clear then, and is clear now, that the modern-day Republican Party is more interested in preserving the rule of its authoritarian leadership than in preserving our democracy.

That’s why Democrats have spent the last year working to counter the dangerous myth of mass voter fraud and advance legislation to protect the sacred right to vote, including the Freedom to Vote Act and John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, both of which I’m proud to have helped author. But despite the House doing our job and passing multiple pieces of democracy-saving legislation, the Jim Crow filibuster has obstructed any meaningful progress in the Senate.

Unless, at the very least, an exception is made to the filibuster to advance voting rights legislation, our democracy will fall deeper into crisis. Republicans will disenfranchise their way back into power in 2022, and use that power to install their chosen candidate in the White House in 2024, regardless of what the American people say. American democracy as we know it will cease to exist.

This is the reality we face if we fail to meet the urgency of this moment. But we are not powerless to stop it. The future of our nation depends on every Democratic Senator putting country before politics to do what is necessary to save our democracy. Literally nothing is more important.

Having seen firsthand on that fateful day just how fragile our democracy is, I will continue to do everything in my power to save it. With so much at stake, I pray that my colleagues in the Senate will do the same.”

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