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WPCNR CORONAVIRUS REPORT. Based on New York State Covid Tracker and Governor Hochul Advisory. December 9, 2021 UPDATED WITH WPCNR CHART 1 PM EST;

138,694 Vaccine Doses Administered Over Last 24 Hours    

40 COVID-19 Deaths Statewide Yesterday     

6 More Omicron Cases Confirmed in NYC

WESTCHESTER NEW POSITIVES MONDAY: 395 TEST POSITIVE OF 11,350 TESTED, 3.6%. 1,146 NEW COVID CASES IN MIDHUDSON REGION.

Governor Hochul’s Report:

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. 

Governor Kathy Hochul Wednesday updated New Yorkers on the state’s progress combating COVID-19.    

“Let us all continue to get vaccinated, get the booster shot, and encourage our family members and fellow New Yorkers to do the same,” Governor Hochul said. “We know the tools to limit the spread and prevent serious illness from the COVID-19 virus, let’s use them. The vaccine is safe, effective, and our best hope for moving past this pandemic. We will get through this together.”

Today’s data is summarized briefly below:  

• Test Results Reported – 230,412
• Total Positive – 9,833
• Percent Positive – 4.27%
• 7-Day Average Percent Positive – 4.75%
• Patient Hospitalization – 3,489 (+88)
• Patients Newly Admitted – 536
• Patients in ICU – 633 (+2)
• Patients in ICU with Intubation – 352 (+0)
• Total Discharges – 218,409 (+427)
• New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS – 40 
• Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS – 46,903
  
  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 – 59,689
  
  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 – 30,759,134
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours – 138,694
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days – 881,149
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose – 86.5%   
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series – 78.8%  
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) – 91.9% 
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series (CDC) – 81.2%  
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose – 74.9%  
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series – 67.4%  
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) – 79.5%  
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) – 69.2% 

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

Region	Sunday, December 5, 2021	Monday, December 6, 2021	Tuesday, December 7, 2021
Capital Region	70.43	71.74	69.37
Central New York	71.05	71.62	71.57
Finger Lakes	79.16	79.84	76.86
Long Island	55.11	58.25	59.66
Mid-Hudson	40.99	41.68	42.85
Mohawk Valley	83.34	83.87	85.25
New York City	24.44	25.69	26.99
North Country	77.91	76.48	75.35
Southern Tier	77.97	81.58	80.90
Western New York	88.58	86.75	82.47
Statewide	47.51	48.69	48.96

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

Region	Sunday, December 5, 2021	Monday, December 6, 2021	Tuesday, December 7, 2021
Capital Region	7.45%	7.52%	7.03%
Central New York	8.01%	7.93%	7.78%
Finger Lakes	10.29%	10.14%	9.58%
Long Island	5.89%	5.98%	6.04%
Mid-Hudson	4.50%	4.63%	4.63%
Mohawk Valley	8.41%	8.29%	8.38%
New York City	2.26%	2.35%	2.35%
North Country	8.81%	8.58%	8.27%
Southern Tier	5.95%	6.01%	6.00%
Western New York	11.22%	11.12%	10.66%
Statewide	4.82%	4.87%	4.75%

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	Sunday, December 5, 2021	Monday, December 6, 2021	Tuesday, December 7, 2021
Bronx	2.25%	2.36%	2.39%
Kings	2.14%	2.28%	2.32%
New York	1.57%	1.62%	1.60%
Queens	2.85%	2.90%	2.89%
Richmond	3.83%	3.81%	3.88%

Yesterday, 9,833 New Yorkers tested positive for COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total compiled by HERDS to 2,779,313. A geographic breakdown is as follows:  
    

County	Total Positive	New Positive	Number of Omicron Cases Confirmed Statewide: 14*
Albany	35,729	143	–
Allegany	6,348	22	–
Broome	29,358	128	1
Cattaraugus	10,514	54	–
Cayuga	10,149	45	–
Chautauqua	15,864	89	–
Chemung	13,460	79	–
Chenango	5,880	36	–
Clinton	8,503	34	–
Columbia	6,023	53	–
Cortland	6,308	28	–
Delaware	4,761	42	–
Dutchess	39,072	174	–
Erie	130,859	638	–
Essex	3,151	32	–
Franklin	5,790	44	–
Fulton	8,198	41	–
Genesee	9,135	71	–
Greene	5,172	29	–
Hamilton	533	2	–
Herkimer	8,838	95	–
Jefferson	12,022	91	–
Lewis	4,395	26	–
Livingston	7,603	35	–
Madison	7,789	68	–
Monroe	101,904	470	–
Montgomery	7,569	50	–
Nassau	232,051	769	–
Niagara	30,247	158	–
NYC	1,151,058	2,590	13
Oneida	34,638	212	2
Onondaga	62,018	339	–
Ontario	12,377	67	–
Orange	64,019	258	–
Orleans	5,870	46	–
Oswego	14,943	88	–
Otsego	5,769	65	–
Putnam	13,508	71	–
Rensselaer	18,322	93	–
Rockland	56,362	100	–
Saratoga	26,181	154	–
Schenectady	20,125	92	–
Schoharie	2,938	34	–
Schuyler	2,058	10	–
Seneca	3,468	12	–
St. Lawrence	13,603	108	–
Steuben	13,264	89	–
Suffolk	262,900	1,017	3
Sullivan	10,084	72	–
Tioga	6,699	55	–
Tompkins	7,773	32	–
Ulster	19,752	76	–
Warren	7,770	39	–
Washington	7,190	56	–
Wayne	10,921	59	–
Westchester	150,743	395	1
Wyoming	5,628	45	–
Yates	2,107	13	–

* These case counts represent those known cases that have been confirmed by a state approved laboratory, and do not fully represent the total cases likely in the population.

Yesterday, 40 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19, bringing the total to 46,903. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:    

Deaths by County of Residence
County	New Deaths
Bronx	1
Chautauqua	1
Chemung	3
Delaware	1
Dutchess	1
Erie	8
Essex	1
Kings	3
Livingston	1
Madison	1
Manhattan	1
Monroe	2
Oneida	1
Onondaga	2
Orange	1
Queens	3
Rensselaer	1
Saratoga	2
Schenectady	1
St. Lawrence	1
Suffolk	1
Ulster	1
Warren	1
Wyoming	1

All New York State mass vaccination sites are open to eligible New Yorkers aged 5 and older, with walk-in vaccination available at all sites on a first-come, first-serve basis for people aged 12 and older. Information on which sites require appointments for children in the 5-11 age group is available on our website. People who prefer to make 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.