GOVERNOR CUOMO ANNOUNCES STATEWIDE COVID-19 POSITIVITY RATE DROPS BELOW 2 PERCENT TO THE LOWEST RATE SINCE NOVEMBER 3
Statewide Positivity Rate is 1.79%
Statewide 7-Day Average Positivity Rate Drops to 2.27%—Lowest Since November 9
Hospitalizations Drop to 3,294—Lowest Since November 27; Hospitalizations Down 540 in Past Week
767 Patients in the ICU; 482 Intubated
40 COVID-19 Deaths in New York State Yesterday
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced New York’s statewide COVID-19 positivity rate dropped to 1.79 percent, the lowest since November 3.
Yesterday, Western New York’s positivity rate was 2.84 percent, below 3 percent for the first time since March 27. The region’s 7-day average positivity rate fell to 3.75 percent – every region’s 7-day average positivity rate is below 4 percent for the first time since November 8, 2020.
“It’s critical we continue practicing safe behaviors even as vaccinations climb, and while I know some may feel COVID fatigue setting in, we have to keep doing what we can to keep each other safe,” Governor Cuomo said. “While the state continues to expand access to the vaccine, it’s on all of us to wash our hands, wear masks and stay socially distanced to keep our momentum heading in the right direction. We’re going to reach the light at the end of the tunnel and defeat the COVID beast, but we have a lot of work to do before we get there.”
Today’s data is summarized briefly below:
- Test Results Reported – 233,067
- Total Positive – 4,164
- Percent Positive – 1.79%
- 7-Day Average Percent Positive – 2.27%
- Patient Hospitalization – 3,294 (-93)
- Net Change Patient Hospitalization Past Week – -540
- Patients Newly Admitted – 394
- Hospital Counties – 52
- Number ICU – 767 (-19)
- Number ICU with Intubation – 482 (-1)
- Total Discharges – 173,311 (+438)
- Deaths – 40
- Total Deaths – 41,757
The regional hospital bed capacity and occupancy numbers, including the number of hospitalizations as a percent of the region’s population, is as follows:
| Region | COVID Patients Currently in Hospital in Region | COVID Patients as Percent of Region Population | Percent of Hospital Beds Available Within 7 Days Under Surge Plan |
| Capital Region | 90 | 0.01% | 29% |
| Central New York | 67 | 0.01% | 30% |
| Finger Lakes | 210 | 0.02% | 39% |
| Long Island | 493 | 0.02% | 34% |
| Mid-Hudson | 341 | 0.01% | 45% |
| Mohawk Valley | 48 | 0.01% | 40% |
| New York City | 1598 | 0.02% | 31% |
| North Country | 23 | 0.01% | 55% |
| Southern Tier | 90 | 0.01% | 48% |
| Western New York | 334 | 0.02% | 32% |
| Statewide | 3294 | 0.02% | 35% |
The regional ICU bed capacity and occupancy numbers are as follows:
| Region | Total ICU Beds in Region | Total Occupied ICU Beds in Region | Percent of ICU Beds Available in Region (7-day Avg) |
| Capital Region | 241 | 202 | 17% |
| Central New York | 262 | 181 | 28% |
| Finger Lakes | 397 | 221 | 41% |
| Long Island | 852 | 631 | 26% |
| Mid-Hudson | 679 | 398 | 42% |
| Mohawk Valley | 113 | 97 | 17% |
| New York City | 2,568 | 1,970 | 22% |
| North Country | 57 | 35 | 40% |
| Southern Tier | 127 | 66 | 46% |
| Western New York | 545 | 373 | 34% |
| Statewide | 5,841 | 4,174 | 28% |
Each region’s 7-day average percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:
| REGION | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY |
| Capital Region | 2.06% | 1.94% | 1.73% |
| Central New York | 1.43% | 1.51% | 1.34% |
| Finger Lakes | 2.89% | 2.99% | 2.72% |
| Long Island | 2.76% | 2.58% | 2.42% |
| Mid-Hudson | 2.94% | 2.75% | 2.61% |
| Mohawk Valley | 1.54% | 1.50% | 1.41% |
| New York City | 2.76% | 2.57% | 2.42% |
| North Country | 1.44% | 1.44% | 1.35% |
| Southern Tier | 0.85% | 0.86% | 0.83% |
| Western New York | 4.30% | 4.29% | 3.75% |
| Statewide | 2.57% | 2.45% | 2.27% |
Each New York City borough’s 7-day average percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:
| BOROUGH | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY |
| Bronx | 2.82% | 2.59% | 2.51% |
| Brooklyn | 3.08% | 2.97% | 2.86% |
| Manhattan | 1.81% | 1.64% | 1.44% |
| Queens | 3.09% | 2.91% | 2.76% |
| Staten Island | 3.47% | 3.33% | 3.38% |
Of the 2,011,577 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:
| County | Total Positive | New Positive |
| Albany | 23,952 | 38 |
| Allegany | 3,240 | 9 |
| Broome | 17,720 | 60 |
| Cattaraugus | 5,260 | 16 |
| Cayuga | 5,957 | 7 |
| Chautauqua | 8,515 | 11 |
| Chemung | 7,266 | 21 |
| Chenango | 3,202 | 19 |
| Clinton | 4,633 | 22 |
| Columbia | 3,862 | 5 |
| Cortland | 3,597 | 9 |
| Delaware | 2,228 | 15 |
| Dutchess | 28,333 | 66 |
| Erie | 84,625 | 272 |
| Essex | 1,511 | 0 |
| Franklin | 2,425 | 2 |
| Fulton | 4,164 | 12 |
| Genesee | 5,143 | 12 |
| Greene | 3,198 | 9 |
| Hamilton | 302 | 1 |
| Herkimer | 4,958 | 4 |
| Jefferson | 5,537 | 6 |
| Lewis | 2,499 | 5 |
| Livingston | 4,076 | 14 |
| Madison | 4,345 | 9 |
| Monroe | 62,455 | 184 |
| Montgomery | 3,965 | 15 |
| Nassau | 179,117 | 283 |
| Niagara | 18,710 | 68 |
| NYC | 904,339 | 1,872 |
| Oneida | 21,655 | 22 |
| Onondaga | 36,536 | 64 |
| Ontario | 6,992 | 19 |
| Orange | 46,734 | 112 |
| Orleans | 2,847 | 13 |
| Oswego | 7,090 | 20 |
| Otsego | 3,257 | 11 |
| Putnam | 10,344 | 28 |
| Rensselaer | 10,811 | 9 |
| Rockland | 46,049 | 48 |
| Saratoga | 14,611 | 26 |
| Schenectady | 12,553 | 22 |
| Schoharie | 1,581 | 2 |
| Schuyler | 1,001 | 4 |
| Seneca | 1,903 | 1 |
| St. Lawrence | 6,279 | 6 |
| Steuben | 6,417 | 16 |
| Suffolk | 195,534 | 325 |
| Sullivan | 6,295 | 31 |
| Tioga | 3,499 | 19 |
| Tompkins | 4,109 | 13 |
| Ulster | 13,287 | 36 |
| Warren | 3,449 | 11 |
| Washington | 2,915 | 15 |
| Wayne | 5,359 | 15 |
| Westchester | 126,896 | 190 |
| Wyoming | 3,326 | 19 |
| Yates | 1,114 | 1 |
Yesterday, 40 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 41,757. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:
| Deaths by County of Residence | |
| County | New Deaths |
| Bronx | 3 |
| Broome | 1 |
| Erie | 4 |
| Kings | 11 |
| Madison | 1 |
| Manhattan | 3 |
| Monroe | 2 |
| Montgomery | 1 |
| Niagara | 1 |
| Oneida | 1 |
| Queens | 7 |
| Richmond | 2 |
| Suffolk | 2 |
| Ulster | 1 |
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