GOVERNOR CUOMO ANNOUNCES NEW RECORD NUMBER OF COVID-19 TESTS REPORTED TO NEW YORK STATE IN SINGLE DAY
203,721 Test Results Reported to New York State Yesterday
Governors of Northeastern States to Hold Emergency Summit This Weekend
Based on Progress Controlling COVID Spread, Orange Zone in Rockland County Will Transition to Yellow Zone
Positive Testing Rate in All Focus Zone Areas is 4.58 Percent; New York State Positivity Outside All Focus Zone Areas is 2.29 Percent
Statewide Positivity Rate is 2.65 Percent
24 COVID-19 Deaths in New York State Yesterday
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that 203,721 COVID-19 test results were reported to New York State yesterday — a new record high for the State. The Governor also announced Rockland County’s orange warning zone will transition to a yellow precautionary zone.
The Governor also announced that an emergency summit will be held this weekend with the governors of Northeastern states to discuss aligning policy in light of rising COVID-19 cases in the region and throughout the country.
“We are testing more than just about any other state in the nation, reaching new record highs in the number of tests we perform in a single day. Rockland County made good progress, so they’re going to a yellow zone, and that is good news. The other good news is our infection rate is one of the lowest in the nation. The bad news is we are in the midst of a sea of COVID rising around us,” Governor Cuomo said. “You look at the international numbers, and they are frightening – countries are locking down. You look at states around the country and the numbers are all going up quickly. The reality is the virus is mobile and we’re in the holiday season and people will travel more. These are all elements that conspire to increase the spread. We believe we’re going to have to be taking additional steps, and to the degree we can share information and align action with other regional states, we’ll do that.”
Modifications to Current Focus Zones
Rockland County – Orange Warning Zone Changes to Yellow Zone
Rockland County’s Orange Warning focus zone has been under 3 percent positivity, and hospital admission rates have declined, meeting the metrics for transitioning to a Yellow Precautionary Zone. The buffer zone will be removed.
The Governor noted that the positive testing rate in all focus areas under the state’s Micro-Cluster strategy is 4.58 percent, and outside the focus zone areas is 2.29 percent. Within the focus areas, 31,994 test results were reported yesterday, yielding 1,466 positives. In the remainder of the state, not counting these focus areas, 171,727 test results were reported, yielding 3,935 positives. Full results for tests reported yesterday, the day prior, the current 7-day rolling average, and last two weeks is below:
| FOCUS ZONE | 10/25- 10/31 % Positive | 11/1- 11/7 % Positive | Current 7-day rolling average | Day Prior (11/11) % Positive | Yesterday (11/12) % Positive | |
| Brooklyn orange-zone focus area % positive | 4.78% | 3.33% | 4.13% | 4.24% | 4.58% | |
| Queens Kew Garden Hills/Forest Hills yellow-zone focus area % positive | 2.65% | 2.96% | 3.45% | 3.00% | 3.02% | |
| Rockland orange-zone focus area % positive | 4.08% | 2.96% | 2.38% | 2.84% | 1.80% | |
| Orange yellow-zone focus area % positive | 2.37% | 1.96% | 2.42% | 0.00% | 2.40% | |
| Broome yellow-zone focus area % positive | 6.00% | 4.13% | 3.66% | 1.64% | 2.94% | |
| Chemung orange-zone focus area % positive | 5.52% | 6.45% | 5.03% | 5.51% | 2.85% | |
| Westchester orange-zone focus area % positive | 6.20% | 7.46% | 8.99% | 11.34% | 11.07% | |
| Erie yellow-zone focus area % positive | 2.86% | 5.35% | 6.63% | 8.16% | 6.00% | |
| Monroe yellow-zone focus area % positive | 2.22% | 4.06% | 5.28% | 5.69% | 5.90% | |
| Onondaga yellow-zone focus area % positive | 2.83% | 4.68% | 5.90% | 7.41% | 5.41% | |
| Staten Island yellow-zone focus area % positive | 2.58% | 3.00% | 4.08% | 3.91% | 4.87% | |
| Tioga yellow-zone focus area % positive | 5.83% | 10.03% | 10.50% | 16.67% | 6.76% | |
| All focus area statewide % positive | 3.06% | 3.85% | 4.70% | 4.86% | 4.58% | |
| Statewide % positive with all focus areas included | 1.54% | 1.95% | 2.70% | 2.95% | 2.65% | |
| Statewide % positive without all focus areas included | 1.34% | 1.81% | 2.27% | 2.53% | 2.29% |
Today’s data is summarized briefly below:
- Patient Hospitalization – 1,737 (+60)
- Patients Newly Admitted – 290
- Hospital Counties – 51
- Number ICU – 331 (+23)
- Number ICU with Intubation – 137 (+1)
- Total Discharges – 81,390 (+192)
- Deaths – 24
- Total Deaths – 26,079
Each region’s percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:
| REGION | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY |
| Capital Region | 1.2% | 2.0% | 2.0% |
| Central New York | 3.2% | 4.1% | 2.4% |
| Finger Lakes | 4.6% | 4.8% | 5.1% |
| Long Island | 3.3% | 3.1% | 3.3% |
| Mid-Hudson | 3.7% | 3.7% | 3.5% |
| Mohawk Valley | 1.6% | 2.2% | 1.8% |
| New York City | 2.8% | 2.4% | 2.5% |
| North Country | 2.1% | 1.5% | 1.4% |
| Southern Tier | 1.5% | 1.6% | 0.9% |
| Western New York | 4.4% | 5.5% | 3.9% |
Each New York City borough’s percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:
| BOROUGH | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY |
| Bronx | 2.7% | 2.6% | 3.0% |
| Brooklyn | 2.7% | 2.3% | 2.2% |
| Manhattan | 1.9% | 1.9% | 1.7% |
| Queens | 3.4% | 2.8% | 2.8% |
| Staten Island | 4.8% | 3.7% | 4.6% |
Of the 551,163 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:
| County | Total Positive | New Positive |
| Albany | 4,425 | 89 |
| Allegany | 589 | 46 |
| Broome | 4,303 | 88 |
| Cattaraugus | 661 | 19 |
| Cayuga | 609 | 15 |
| Chautauqua | 1,210 | 23 |
| Chemung | 2,280 | 39 |
| Chenango | 489 | 9 |
| Clinton | 356 | 12 |
| Columbia | 870 | 15 |
| Cortland | 712 | 20 |
| Delaware | 271 | 5 |
| Dutchess | 6,074 | 71 |
| Erie | 17,021 | 481 |
| Essex | 224 | 0 |
| Franklin | 174 | 13 |
| Fulton | 382 | 1 |
| Genesee | 584 | 43 |
| Greene | 578 | 4 |
| Hamilton | 22 | 2 |
| Herkimer | 480 | 4 |
| Jefferson | 307 | 15 |
| Lewis | 219 | 9 |
| Livingston | 466 | 15 |
| Madison | 696 | 12 |
| Monroe | 10,074 | 311 |
| Montgomery | 307 | 3 |
| Nassau | 53,271 | 374 |
| Niagara | 2,616 | 52 |
| NYC | 278,802 | 1,826 |
| Oneida | 3,414 | 94 |
| Onondaga | 7,421 | 210 |
| Ontario | 912 | 23 |
| Orange | 14,910 | 107 |
| Orleans | 498 | 18 |
| Oswego | 897 | 26 |
| Otsego | 459 | 1 |
| Putnam | 2,091 | 32 |
| Rensselaer | 1,278 | 20 |
| Rockland | 19,567 | 153 |
| Saratoga | 1,642 | 31 |
| Schenectady | 1,828 | 26 |
| Schoharie | 141 | 4 |
| Schuyler | 210 | 2 |
| Seneca | 202 | 3 |
| St. Lawrence | 546 | 19 |
| Steuben | 1,361 | 66 |
| Suffolk | 52,493 | 428 |
| Sullivan | 1,956 | 16 |
| Tioga | 930 | 17 |
| Tompkins | 786 | 21 |
| Ulster | 2,738 | 21 |
| Warren | 503 | 8 |
| Washington | 395 | 5 |
| Wayne | 735 | 17 |
| Westchester | 43,656 | 364 |
| Wyoming | 332 | 45 |
| Yates | 190 | 8 |
Yesterday, 24 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 26,079. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:
| Deaths by County of Residence | |
| County | New Deaths |
| Albany | 2 |
| Allegany | 1 |
| Broome | 1 |
| Chemung | 1 |
| Erie | 4 |
| Kings | 3 |
| Manhattan | 1 |
| Nassau | 3 |
| Niagara | 1 |
| Oneida | 1 |
| Onondaga | 1 |
| Orange | 2 |
| Richmond | 1 |
| Tioga | 1 |
| Westchester | 1 |
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