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New York Overview

Last updated January 18, 2021 2:00 pm ET
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Key Metrics

Solid line represents New York 7-day average

New tests Total PCR tests (test encounters)

New tests is changing up. The most recent value for New tests was 177269 on Jan 19, and the earlist value for New tests was 135341 on Oct 22. The highest recent value for New tests was 324671 on Jan 15.The lowest recent value for New tests was 124866 on Dec 28. Access all chart data

New cases

Cases is changing up. The most recent value for Cases was 12512 on Jan 19, and the earlist value for Cases was 1628 on Oct 22. The highest recent value for Cases was 19942 on Jan 15.The lowest recent value for Cases was 7623 on Dec 27. Access all chart data

Current hospitalizations

Hospitalization is changing up. The most recent value for Hospitalization was 9236 on Jan 19, and the earlist value for Hospitalization was 986 on Oct 22. The highest recent value for Hospitalization was 9236 on Jan 19. Access all chart data

New deaths

New deaths is changing up. The most recent value for New deaths was 172 on Jan 19, and the earlist value for New deaths was 15 on Oct 22. The highest recent value for New deaths was 204 on Jan 14. Access all chart data
Total cases
1,258,087
New cases today12,512
Change over 7 days8.9%+
Total tests
(test encounters)
29,342,972
Total tests
(specimens)
Not Reported
Total tests
(people)
Not Reported
Total tests (specimens)
Not Reported
Total tests (people)
Not Reported

Warning: Antigen reporting may significantly understate the true number of tests administered

Total tests (specimens)
Not Reported
Total tests (people)
Not Reported
Now hospitalized
9,236
Now in ICU
1,614
Now on ventilator
1,049
Ever hospitalized
89,995
Ever in ICU
Not Reported
Ever on ventilator
Not Reported

Hospitalization (HHS data)

See this HHS hospitalization data on a map.

Now hospitalized (confirmed + suspected)
9,948
Now hospitalized (confirmed only)
9,182
Now in ICU (confirmed + suspected)
1,670

This data is published by HHS.

Data as of
Hospital discharges
117,052
Deaths
33,224
Total cases
0
Total deaths
8,480
Number of facilities affected
594
Percent of state deaths
from LTC facilities
25.5%
New cases since Jan 7N/A
New deaths since Jan 73.7%

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Data as of

Race & ethnicity data

We compute the number of cases and deaths per 100k people for each race and ethnicity.

These numbers show the scale of outcomes compared to the size of each group’s population. These are not the number of cases or deaths, rather the proportion of each demographic group who have been affected.

Race & ethnicity: cases per capita

Cases per 100,000 people
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Race & ethnicity: deaths per capita

Deaths per 100,000 people
Asian / Pacific Islander
148
Black / African American
306
Hispanic / Latino
236
White
126

(All data is calculated)

Data as of

Our latest tweets about New York

Our twitter handle is @COVID19Tracking@COVID19Tracking

Twitter
California reported 585 deaths today. Before today, New York and Pennsylvania were the only states to have reported more than 500 deaths in a day. CA, the most populous state, now also has more people hospitalized than NY did at the spring peak.

January 2, 2021

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The majority of states that updated their data today reported more than 500 new cases per million residents. Twenty reported a higher number of cases per capita than New York had at its spring peak.

December 25, 2020

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Our numbers, while drastic, are an undercount of COVID-19’s severity in long-term-care facilities. Arizona, Missouri, and New York provide incomplete LTC data, and are the largest contributors to the nation’s LTC undercount.

December 16, 2020

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California, the most populous state in the country, set a new case record for any state. More people are hospitalized in CA than in any state at any time since New York in April.

December 13, 2020

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Seven states reported more than 10k cases today: CA, FL, IL, NY, PA, OH, and TX.

December 11, 2020

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