GOVERNOR CUOMO ANNOUNCES NEW RECORD-HIGH NUMBER OF COVID-19 TESTS REPORTED TO NEW YORK STATE
205,466 COVID-19 Tests Reported to New York State Yesterday
Positive Testing Rate in All Focus Zone Areas is 4.55 Percent; New York State Positivity Outside All Focus Zone Areas is 2.15 Percent
Statewide Positivity Rate is 2.66 Percent
32 COVID-19 Deaths in New York State Yesterday
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that 205,466 COVID-19 test results were reported to New York State yesterday—a new record high.
“We did 205,000 tests yesterday, a new record. Remember when we first started, we could only do 500 tests a day — that’s how far we have come. Context here is very important because I want New Yorkers to have confidence in the rules that we’re setting. And it’s not that our rules are that much more onerous than other states’ rules, it’s that we triggered them earlier. Our triggers are much lower than other states, and hence our performance is much better than other states,” Governor Cuomo said. “You decide your own destiny. If you follow the rules, you’re fine. And if you’re not fine, the rules change on you. The micro-cluster approach doesn’t put restrictions on places that are following the rules. It’s that targeted. If you and your neighbor are acting responsibly, you have a collective, vested interest in your local community. I am concerned about Thanksgiving, and I believe it could have a large impact if people are reckless. It is the socialization that’s a problem, and socialization is human behavior. So we are on guard, but it depends on what we do.”
The Governor noted that the positive testing rate in all focus areas under the state’s Micro-Cluster strategy is 4.55 percent, and outside the focus zone areas is 2.15 percent. Within the focus areas, 43,790 test results were reported yesterday, yielding 1,994 positives. In the remainder of the state, not counting these focus areas, 161,676 test results were reported, yielding 3,474 positives. Full results for tests reported yesterday, the day prior, the current 7-day rolling average, and last two weeks is below:
| STATEWIDE | 11/1- 11/7 % Positive | 11/8- 11/14 % Positive | Current 7-day rolling average | Day Prior (11/18) % Positivity | Yesterday (11/19) % Positivity | ||
| All focus area statewide % positive | 3.44% | 4.89% | 4.66% | 4.23% | 4.55% | ||
| Statewide % positive with all focus areas included | 1.95% | 2.86% | 2.91% | 2.72% | 2.66% | ||
| Statewide % positive without all focus areas included | 1.81% | 2.47% | 2.44% | 2.38% | 2.15% |
Micro-cluster zone 7-day average positivity rates for today, yesterday, the day before, last week, and the week prior is below:
| FOCUS ZONE | 11/1- 11/7 % Positive | 11/8- 11/14 % Positive | Day-Prior 7-day Rolling Average | Yesterday 7-Day Rolling Average | Current 7-day rolling average | ||
| Erie orange-zone focus area % positive | 4.53% | 7.22% | 7.46% | 7.21% | 7.40% | ||
| Erie Yellow-zone focus area % positive | 4.64% | 5.34% | 6.22% | 6.08% | 6.57% | ||
| Niagara Yellow -zone focus area % positive | 4.29% | 5.10% | 5.04% | 3.74% | 4.40% | ||
| Monroe Yellow-zone focus area % positive | 4.06% | 5.54% | 4.74% | 4.39% | 4.12% | ||
| Onondaga Yellow-zone focus area % positive | 4.68% | 6.58% | 6.02% | 5.67% | 6.01% | ||
| Queens Kew Garden Hills/Forest Hills/Astoria yellow-zone focus area % positive | 2.11% | 3.40% | 3.47% | 3.41% | 3.39% | ||
| Bronx East Yellow-zone focus area % positive | 2.70% | 3.81% | 3.60% | 3.62% | 3.41% | ||
| Bronx West Yellow -zone focus area % positive | 2.79% | 3.80% | 4.66% | 4.50% | 4.68% | ||
| Brooklyn Yellow-zone focus area % positive | 3.33% | 3.92% | 3.56% | 3.59% | 3.55% | ||
| Rockland Yellow-zone focus area % positive | 3.46% | 3.55% | 3.79% | 3.69% | 3.41% | ||
| Chemung Orange-zone focus area % positive | 6.45% | 4.59% | 4.33% | 4.34% | 4.76% | ||
| Staten Island Yellow-zone focus area % positive | 3.00% | 4.33% | 4.24% | 4.29% | 4.08% | ||
| Tioga Yellow-zone focus area % positive | 10.03% | 10.81% | 8.39% | 6.44% | 6.20% | ||
| Orange Middletown – Yellow-zone focus area % positive | 2.95% | 3.81% | 3.75% | 4.54% | 4.65% | ||
| Orange Newburgh – Yellow-zone focus area % positive | 5.96% | 8.07% | 7.85% | 8.04% | 7.97% | ||
| Orange Highland Falls – Yellow-zone focus area % positive | 0.00% | 13.95% | 13.68% | 9.62% | 10.81% | ||
| Westchester Peekskill – Yellow-zone focus area % positive | 5.16% | 10.36% | 8.10% | 8.59% | 8.11% | ||
| Westchester Ossining – Yellow-zone focus area % positive | 5.00% | 9.88% | 11.40% | 10.90% | 10.96% | ||
| Westchester Tarrytown – Yellow-zone focus area % positive | 4.26% | 8.47% | 10.30% | 10.84% | 9.82% | ||
| Westchester Yonkers – Yellow-zone focus area % positive | 3.42% | 4.48% | 4.84% | 4.68% | 4.63% | ||
| Westchester New Rochelle – Yellow-zone focus area % positive | 4.40% | 6.46% | 6.07% | 5.79% | 6.66% | ||
| Westchester Port Chester Orange-zone focus area % positive | 7.46% | 9.34% | 8.34% | 7.96% | 7.34% |
Today’s data is summarized briefly below:
- Patient Hospitalization – 2,348 (+72)
- Patients Newly Admitted – 361
- Hospital Counties – 50
- Number ICU – 445 (+8)
- Number ICU with Intubation – 205 (+5)
- Total Discharges – 82,766 (+259)
- Deaths – 32
- Total Deaths – 26,292
Each region’s percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:
| REGION | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | CURRENT 7-DAY AVERAGE |
| Capital Region | 3.3% | 2.2% | 1.9% | 2.28% |
| Central New York | 3.7% | 3.3% | 3.2% | 3.74% |
| Finger Lakes | 3.9% | 2.9% | 3.2% | 3.59% |
| Long Island | 3.6% | 3.1% | 2.9% | 3.19% |
| Mid-Hudson | 4.6% | 3.9% | 3.4% | 3.82% |
| Mohawk Valley | 2.6% | 2.2% | 2.3% | 2.56% |
| New York City | 2.9% | 2.4% | 2.4% | 2.52% |
| North Country | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1.6% | 1.81% |
| Southern Tier | 1.4% | 1.4% | 0.9% | 1.16% |
| Western New York | 5.6% | 4.1% | 4.1% | 4.84% |
Each New York City borough’s percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:
| BOROUGH | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | CURRENT 7-DAY AVERAGE |
| Bronx | 3.9% | 2.7% | 3.2% | 3.03% |
| Brooklyn | 2.6% | 2.4% | 2.2% | 2.22% |
| Manhattan | 2.2% | 1.8% | 1.7% | 1.85% |
| Queens | 3.3% | 2.5% | 2.7% | 2.86% |
| Staten Island | 4.3% | 4.2% | 3.5% | 4.01% |
Of the 584,850 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:
| County | Total Positive | New Positive |
| Albany | 4,906 | 84 |
| Allegany | 758 | 49 |
| Broome | 4,688 | 68 |
| Cattaraugus | 809 | 29 |
| Cayuga | 681 | 5 |
| Chautauqua | 1,351 | 35 |
| Chemung | 2,518 | 31 |
| Chenango | 542 | 11 |
| Clinton | 406 | 9 |
| Columbia | 934 | 16 |
| Cortland | 839 | 12 |
| Delaware | 297 | 6 |
| Dutchess | 6,493 | 54 |
| Erie | 20,103 | 630 |
| Essex | 240 | 1 |
| Franklin | 220 | 5 |
| Fulton | 416 | 1 |
| Genesee | 695 | 21 |
| Greene | 604 | 4 |
| Hamilton | 35 | 0 |
| Herkimer | 552 | 15 |
| Jefferson | 376 | 22 |
| Lewis | 284 | 9 |
| Livingston | 549 | 7 |
| Madison | 776 | 10 |
| Monroe | 11,733 | 289 |
| Montgomery | 364 | 2 |
| Nassau | 55,875 | 389 |
| Niagara | 3,023 | 89 |
| NYC | 290,890 | 2,021 |
| Oneida | 3,896 | 50 |
| Onondaga | 8,735 | 241 |
| Ontario | 1,039 | 17 |
| Orange | 15,677 | 111 |
| Orleans | 550 | 2 |
| Oswego | 1,101 | 20 |
| Otsego | 497 | 5 |
| Putnam | 2,308 | 2 |
| Rensselaer | 1,449 | 38 |
| Rockland | 20,351 | 88 |
| Saratoga | 1,842 | 38 |
| Schenectady | 1,997 | 14 |
| Schoharie | 162 | 0 |
| Schuyler | 248 | 1 |
| Seneca | 232 | 7 |
| St. Lawrence | 649 | 22 |
| Steuben | 1,502 | 14 |
| Suffolk | 55,329 | 413 |
| Sullivan | 2,044 | 13 |
| Tioga | 998 | 2 |
| Tompkins | 848 | 8 |
| Ulster | 2,969 | 32 |
| Warren | 530 | 5 |
| Washington | 414 | 3 |
| Wayne | 858 | 4 |
| Westchester | 46,064 | 392 |
| Wyoming | 384 | 2 |
| Yates | 220 | 0 |
Yesterday, 32 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 26,292. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:
| Deaths by County of Residence | |
| County | New Deaths |
| Allegany | 2 |
| Broome | 2 |
| Dutchess | 2 |
| Erie | 3 |
| Genesee | 1 |
| Jefferson | 1 |
| Kings | 3 |
| Lewis | 1 |
| Niagara | 1 |
| Oneida | 1 |
| Queens | 2 |
| Rensselaer | 2 |
| Richmond | 1 |
| Saratoga | 1 |
| Steuben | 2 |
| Suffolk | 2 |
| Wayne | 1 |
| Westchester | 4 |
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