Governor Cuomo Announces 7-Day Average COVID-19 Positivity Rate Drops to Lowest Level Since September 27

Statewide 7-Day Positivity Rate Drops to 1.07%; 43 Straight Days of Decline

1,585 Patient Hospitalizations Statewide; Down 441 Over Past Week

387 Patients in the ICU; 223 Intubated

Statewide Positivity Rate is 1.07%

17 COVID-19 Deaths in New York State Yesterday

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the statewide 7-day average COVID-19 positivity rate dropped to 1.07 percent, the lowest since September 27. The 7-day average positivity rate has declined for 43 straight days.

"As vaccination rates continue to grow across New York, COVID rates are plummeting across the board, to levels we haven't seen in eight months," Governor Cuomo said. "Tomorrow marks a major reopening of New York State, a milestone reached thanks to the strength and grit of New Yorkers who banded together, stayed tough and fought as one to defeat this COVID beast. While New York is coming back, there remains much to do and we need to help ensure every single eligible New Yorker gets vaccinated, so that we can finally reach that light at the end of the tunnel, and get back to life."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

Test Results Reported - 95,870
Total Positive - 1,030
Percent Positive - 1.07%
7-Day Average Percent Positive - 1.07%
Patient Hospitalization - 1,585 (+4)
Net Change Patient Hospitalization Past Week - -441
Patients Newly Admitted - 142
Number ICU - 387 (+0)
Number ICU with Intubation - 223 (-5)
Total Discharges - 180,083 (+133)
Deaths - 17
Total Deaths - 42,503

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	61	0.01%	29%
Central New York	41	0.01%	33%
Finger Lakes	193	0.02%	40%
Long Island	219	0.01%	39%
Mid-Hudson	137	0.01%	48%
Mohawk Valley	30	0.01%	42%
New York City	653	0.01%	36%
North Country	17	0.00%	58%
Southern Tier	61	0.01%	53%
Western New York	173	0.01%	36%
Statewide	1585	0.01%	38%

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	233	193	17%
Central New York	233	179	23%
Finger Lakes	397	241	39%
Long Island	850	585	31%
Mid-Hudson	664	376	43%
Mohawk Valley	97	77	21%
New York City	2,478	1762	29%
North Country	57	33	42%
Southern Tier	115	64	44%
Western New York	543	332	39%
Statewide	5,667	3842	32%

Each region's 7-day average percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:

REGION	SATURDAY	SUNDAY	MONDAY
Capital Region	1.39%	1.34%	1.26%
Central New York	1.31%	1.37%	1.38%
Finger Lakes	2.72%	2.72%	2.58%
Long Island	0.99%	0.98%	0.94%
Mid-Hudson	0.99%	0.99%	0.93%
Mohawk Valley	1.12%	1.15%	1.07%
New York City	0.95%	0.91%	0.88%
North Country	1.98%	2.00%	1.92%
Southern Tier	0.60%	0.59%	0.62%
Western New York	1.85%	1.86%	1.74%
Statewide	1.13%	1.11%	1.07%

Each New York City borough's 7-day average percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:

BOROUGH	SATURDAY	SUNDAY	MONDAY
Bronx	0.98%	0.92%	0.92%
Brooklyn	1.01%	0.99%	0.96%
Manhattan	0.60%	0.58%	0.56%
Queens	1.06%	1.03%	0.98%
Staten Island	1.31%	1.22%	1.13%

Of the 2,071,443 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	24,466	11
Allegany	3,458	7
Broome	18,388	7
Cattaraugus	5,625	5
Cayuga	6,235	4
Chautauqua	8,822	2
Chemung	7,578	8
Chenango	3,420	8
Clinton	4,811	1
Columbia	4,020	2
Cortland	3,785	12
Delaware	2,324	3
Dutchess	29,231	17
Erie	88,560	53
Essex	1,580	2
Franklin	2,518	0
Fulton	4,350	2
Genesee	5,368	3
Greene	3,370	0
Hamilton	310	3
Herkimer	5,117	3
Jefferson	5,964	11
Lewis	2,719	3
Livingston	4,402	13
Madison	4,485	3
Monroe	67,103	117
Montgomery	4,212	3
Nassau	182,491	69
Niagara	19,736	15
NYC	928,831	402
Oneida	22,292	9
Onondaga	38,158	26
Ontario	7,323	4
Orange	47,920	12
Orleans	3,063	2
Oswego	7,467	6
Otsego	3,404	1
Putnam	10,544	2
Rensselaer	11,133	10
Rockland	46,704	7
Saratoga	15,147	11
Schenectady	13,018	9
Schoharie	1,669	2
Schuyler	1,033	0
Seneca	1,984	1
St. Lawrence	6,527	3
Steuben	6,804	10
Suffolk	199,660	68
Sullivan	6,560	2
Tioga	3,720	7
Tompkins	4,256	0
Ulster	13,795	7
Warren	3,594	2
Washington	3,095	0
Wayne	5,680	16
Westchester	128,921	24
Wyoming	3,524	0
Yates	1,169	0

Yesterday, 17 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 42,503. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence: