SLC: 88 new cases of COVID-19, 768 active cases, 30 hospitalizations, 151 deaths

 COVID-19 HOSPITALIZATIONS

  • Comparing the rates of COVID-19 hospitalization between fully-vaccinated and unvaccinated people using age-adjusted vaccine effectiveness, fully-vaccinated New Yorkers remain strongly protected against COVID-19 hospitalization.

  • Across the time period of analysis, fully-vaccinated New Yorkers had between an 89.8% and 95.1% lower chance of being hospitalized with COVID-19, compared to unvaccinated New Yorkers.

 

As of Wednesday, December 15, 2021:

Transmission Level

High

New cases

88

Total number of confirmed positives to-date

16,415

Active cases

768

Released from isolation

15,496

Hospitalizations

30

Deaths

151

Total number of tests performed to date**

475,587

% of Fully vaccinated in St. Lawrence County***

57.4

% of St. Lawrence County positivity rate***

8.31

Case Rate per 100K***

548.54

*https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/fatalities-0

**https://covid19tracker.health.ny.gov/views/NYS-C58OVID19-Tracker/NYSDOHCOVID-19Tracker-Map?%3Aembed=yes&%3Atoolbar=no&%3Atabs=n

***https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/index.html#county-view