GOVERNOR CUOMO UPDATES NEW YORKERS ON STATE’S PROGRESS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
4,993 Patient Hospitalizations Statewide
952 Patients in the ICU; 521 Intubated
Statewide Positivity Rate is 5.44%
95 COVID-19 Deaths in New York State Yesterday
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today updated New Yorkers on the state’s progress during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
“We now are conducting three COVID operations basically at the same time. We’re managing hospitals under what we call the “surge and flex” program. Hospitals are going to have to be extraordinarily flexible and nimble to handle the additional case load. Not only will they have to work as a system and balance caseload among their hospitals, but they also need to be prepared to shift patients before they’re admitted, to other hospitals that have a greater capacity,” Governor Cuomo said. “We also need to continue to work to slow the spread of the virus. We have the Thanksgiving surge and we’re starting to see the full effect of that now, making it critical that we all stay tough, practicing safe behaviors, and follow the guidelines. Additionally, we have the vaccine, which is the weapon that will win the war. If we get it produced, if we get it delivered, and distributed and people actually take it, we will be successful. We have come so far already, and if we all stay united as a state and persevere, we will reach the light at the end of the tunnel.”
Today’s data is summarized briefly below:
- Test Results Reported – 194,595
- Patient Hospitalization – 4,993 (+158)
- Patients Newly Admitted – 747
- Hospital Counties – 53
- Number ICU – 952 (+46)
- Number ICU with Intubation – 521 (+28)
- Total Discharges – 89,089 (+505)
- Deaths – 95
- Total Deaths – 27,404
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 in Region (7-Day Avg) |
| Capital Region | 243 | 0.02% | 26% |
| Central New York | 304 | 0.04% | 24% |
| Finger Lakes | 599 | 0.05% | 27% |
| Long Island | 769 | 0.03% | 18% |
| Mid-Hudson | 666 | 0.03% | 25% |
| Mohawk Valley | 178 | 0.04% | 25% |
| New York City | 1524 | 0.02% | 19% |
| North Country | 42 | 0.01% | 46% |
| Southern Tier | 151 | 0.02% | 40% |
| Western New York | 517 | 0.04% | 27% |
| Statewide | 4993 | 0.03% | 22% |
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 | 313 | 187 | 44% |
| Central New York | 290 | 198 | 33% |
| Finger Lakes | 506 | 270 | 58% |
| Long Island | 808 | 608 | 25% |
| Mid-Hudson | 747 | 378 | 48% |
| Mohawk Valley | 129 | 100 | 25% |
| New York City | 2361 | 1773 | 26% |
| North Country | 73 | 38 | 53% |
| Southern Tier | 129 | 90 | 34% |
| Western New York | 619 | 286 | 49% |
| NYS TOTAL | 5975 | 3928 | 36% |
Yesterday, 194,595 test results were reported to New York State, and 5.44 percent were positive. Each region’s 7-day average percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:
| REGION | SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY |
| Capital Region | 4.60% | 4.80% | 5.11% |
| Central New York | 5.55% | 5.86% | 6.25% |
| Finger Lakes | 7.01% | 7.02% | 7.72% |
| Long Island | 5.50% | 5.68% | 5.70% |
| Mid-Hudson | 6.03% | 6.19% | 6.28% |
| Mohawk Valley | 6.53% | 6.92% | 7.42% |
| New York City | 4.04% | 4.13% | 4.11% |
| North Country | 4.50% | 4.63% | 4.45% |
| Southern Tier | 2.09% | 2.16% | 2.48% |
| Western New York | 7.34% | 6.96% | 7.18% |
| Statewide | 4.92% | 5.01% | 5.13% |
Each New York City borough’s 7-day average percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:
| BOROUGH | SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY |
| Bronx | 4.70% | 4.86% | 4.87% |
| Brooklyn | 4.04% | 4.13% | 4.08% |
| Manhattan | 2.50% | 2.50% | 2.52% |
| Queens | 4.54% | 4.61% | 4.56% |
| Staten Island | 6.36% | 6.49% | 6.53% |
Of the 733,064 individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:
| County | Total Positive | New Positive |
| Albany | 7,176 | 185 |
| Allegany | 1,286 | 44 |
| Broome | 6,160 | 103 |
| Cattaraugus | 1,514 | 44 |
| Cayuga | 1,282 | 40 |
| Chautauqua | 2,027 | 67 |
| Chemung | 3,531 | 58 |
| Chenango | 767 | 13 |
| Clinton | 574 | 6 |
| Columbia | 1,139 | 22 |
| Cortland | 1,291 | 33 |
| Delaware | 470 | 16 |
| Dutchess | 8,456 | 117 |
| Erie | 30,719 | 646 |
| Essex | 334 | 6 |
| Franklin | 375 | 7 |
| Fulton | 720 | 44 |
| Genesee | 1,393 | 44 |
| Greene | 825 | 15 |
| Hamilton | 63 | 3 |
| Herkimer | 986 | 45 |
| Jefferson | 861 | 33 |
| Lewis | 510 | 10 |
| Livingston | 971 | 48 |
| Madison | 1,325 | 69 |
| Monroe | 20,648 | 777 |
| Montgomery | 671 | 18 |
| Nassau | 67,203 | 708 |
| Niagara | 5,266 | 189 |
| NYC | 340,974 | 3,742 |
| Oneida | 6,799 | 254 |
| Onondaga | 13,598 | 410 |
| Ontario | 1,764 | 77 |
| Orange | 18,720 | 186 |
| Orleans | 756 | 26 |
| Oswego | 2,159 | 49 |
| Otsego | 804 | 43 |
| Putnam | 3,489 | 61 |
| Rensselaer | 2,269 | 59 |
| Rockland | 23,308 | 236 |
| Saratoga | 2,965 | 77 |
| Schenectady | 3,272 | 93 |
| Schoharie | 275 | 15 |
| Schuyler | 364 | 5 |
| Seneca | 408 | 9 |
| St. Lawrence | 1,182 | 20 |
| Steuben | 2,195 | 69 |
| Suffolk | 69,996 | 972 |
| Sullivan | 2,347 | 21 |
| Tioga | 1,295 | 15 |
| Tompkins | 1,424 | 26 |
| Ulster | 4,029 | 55 |
| Warren | 686 | 6 |
| Washington | 506 | 3 |
| Wayne | 1,487 | 50 |
| Westchester | 56,372 | 575 |
| Wyoming | 740 | 17 |
| Yates | 338 | 19 |
Yesterday, 95 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 27,404. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:
| Deaths by County of Residence | |
| County | New Deaths |
| Albany | 1 |
| Bronx | 1 |
| Broome | 3 |
| Chemung | 2 |
| Dutchess | 2 |
| Erie | 12 |
| Kings | 8 |
| Madison | 1 |
| Manhattan | 1 |
| Monroe | 10 |
| Nassau | 6 |
| Oneida | 5 |
| Onondaga | 5 |
| Ontario | 1 |
| Orange | 3 |
| Oswego | 2 |
| Queens | 4 |
| Rensselaer | 3 |
| Richmond | 2 |
| Rockland | 4 |
| Seneca | 2 |
| Steuben | 2 |
| Suffolk | 4 |
| Tompkins | 1 |
| Ulster | 4 |
| Westchester | 6 |
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